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Re: How to print out the currently used JAR file path to verify it is using right JAR?

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From	Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid>
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Subject	Re: How to print out the currently used JAR file path to verify it is using right JAR?
Date	Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:18:02 -0500
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On 10/7/2011 9:25 AM, www wrote:
> Just to add more details about my question:
>
> In my code, I am using class Abc, which is from 3rd party JAR
> file(MyJAR.jar). I hope to print out Abc's class path to see it is
> from a/b/MyJAR.old.jar or from c/d/MyJAR.new.jar
>
> I understand the correct way is to check the classpath and which JAR
> is front is the one to be used. However, we run into some strange
> things here and that method didn't solve the problem.

One way, which I don't know if it would work, would be:
System.out.println(Abc.class.getClassLoader().findResource(
   "com/foo/package/Abc.class").toString());

-- 
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not 
tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth

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