what jar file am I in?

[David Thielen]

Hi;

Is there any way to determine from a method what actual file (.jar,
..class, .war, .ear, ???) the method I am in was loaded from?

thanks - dave



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[Skippy]

Hi;

Is there any way to determine from a method what actual file (.jar,
.class, .war, .ear, ???) the method I am in was loaded from?

thanks - dave

this.getClass().getResource(...your classname...).getPath();
// resource is an URL

 

[Roedy Green]

Is there any way to determine from a method what actual file (.jar,
.class, .war, .ear, ???) the method I am in was loaded from?

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/classforname.html

You MIGHT have been generated out of thin air directly into byte code,
so the question does not always have an answer.