How do I determine a class's file location at runtime?
Created May 7, 2012
Paul MacDougall This method returns a URL to the class file in question. From that you can manipulate it to get what you want.
public java.net.URL locateClass(Class pClass){ // get the name of the class (e.g. my.package.MyClass) String className = pClass.getName(); // create the resource path for this class String resourcePath = "/" + className.replace('.','/') + ".class"; // get the resource as a url (e.g. file:/C:/temp/my/package/MyClass.class java.net.URL classURL = pClass.getResource(resourcePath); return classURL; }