Java Jar File Find getJarLocation(Class classFromJar)

Description

get Jar Location

License

BSD License

Declaration

public static String getJarLocation(Class classFromJar) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.*;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    public static String getJarLocation(Class classFromJar) {
        return url2File(classFromJar.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation()).getAbsolutePath();
    }

    public static File url2File(URL url) {
        File file;
        try {
            file = new File(url.toURI());
        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
            file = new File(url.getPath());
        }

        return file;
    }
}

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7. getJarLocation(final Class cClass)
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