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Re: How do I get the name and path of the running jar file?

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On 12/12/2016 4:51 AM, Nigel Wade wrote:
> On 12/12/16 01:24, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 12/8/2016 8:20 AM, Nigel Wade wrote:
>>> On 07/12/16 02:18, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> The format is sligthly different. The first is probably more convenient
>>>> as you would not need to truncate at the '!'.
>>>
>>> Both methods CodeSource.getLocation() and  ClassLoader.getResource()
>>> return a URL, which will be URL encoded. So the path ought to be
>>> URLdecode'd otherwise there may be problems with any characters in the
>>> path which URL has encoded.
>>>
>>> Also, in the case of ClassLoader.getResource(), when executed from a jar
>>> it will be of type "jar", and from class files it will be of type
>>> "file". This will probably come into play when you run the code in an
>>> IDE. NetBeans (I don't know about Eclipe) runs class files, not jars.
>>> You will probably need to handle each case differently.
>>
>> Good points.
>>
>> But it should be possible to extract the information in the desired
>> format.
>
> It is definitely possible, but it's still good to be aware of the
> caveats before they cause you problems.

Absolutely.

Arne

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