Here you can find the source of getClasspathDir(Class> klass)
public static String getClasspathDir(Class<?> klass) throws Exception
//package com.java2s; /**//w w w .j a va2 s . c o m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.net.URL; public class Main { public static String getClasspathDir(Class<?> klass) throws Exception { String file = klass.getName(); file = file.replace('.', '/') + ".class"; URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(file); String baseDir = url.toURI().getPath(); baseDir = baseDir.substring(0, baseDir.length() - file.length() - 1); return baseDir; } }