Getting path to jar passed on command line

[raphfrk]

Is there a way to get the path of the jar file that was passed on the command line?

java -jar <some path>

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

You could try

RuntimeMXBean rtmxb = ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean();
List<String> inArgs = rtmxb.getInputArguments();

although the documentation seems to suggest that what is actually
passed to the Runtime bean is dependent on the particular implementation
of the jvm you happen to be using.

He could try it.

But I think he will have better luck with rtmxb.getClassPath().

Arne

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

Is there a way to get the path of the jar file that was passed on the command line?

java -jar <some path>

Given how many different ways there are to get your code
activated (java -jar, java -cp, wrapper main), then my
recommendation would be:

NameOfYourClass.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath()

as this will locate where that class is being loaded from no matter
how it gets activated.

Arne

 

[Roedy Green]

Is there a way to get the path of the jar file that was passed on the command line?

You can use -cp to specify the classpath or fully qualify the jar
name.

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

You can use -cp to specify the classpath or fully qualify the jar
name.

Is that relevant for the question?

Arne

 

[raphfrk]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/320542/how-to-get-the-path-of-a-running-jar-file



Gives some good advice



The solution



String path =

Test.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath();

String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(path, "UTF-8");



Works for me and gives me the path to the jar file containing the class

that contains the above code.

Thanks for the info.