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Subject: Re: How to print out the currently used JAR file path to verify it is using right JAR?
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On 10/7/2011 7:25 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


Shouldn't you just be setting this from the command line or in the main 
Jar file?  I'm a little confused by your question.  You should know the 
class path before the program starts executing.

Can you just search the existing class path for occurrences of this 
class "Abc"?