Re: app path

From:
Chameleon <cham_gss@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:03:09 +0300
Message-ID:
<faai7g$aki$1@volcano1.grnet.gr>

On Aug 19, 11:30 am, Chameleon <cham_...@hotmail.com> wrote:

I want to know in which path is application.
Until now I use the following super_dumb code:
application.jar : the jar file
subtitle/MainFrame.class : the main() class

try {
   // get application path
   rootPath =
URLDecoder.decode(ClassLoader.getSystemResource("subtitle/MainFrame.class").getPath().replaceAll("(application\\.jar!/)?subtitle/MainFrame\\.class$|^(file\\:)?/",
""), "UTF-8");

} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
   rootPath = "";
}

Is there a better approach?
Thanks!


What's your ultimate goal? I don't see any motivation for knowing
where the current class file is from, perhaps if you gave use your
motivation, we could suggest an even better approach


My goal:
I have the "application.jar" inside a directory, for instance (windows)
C:\Program Files\My Application

I want a String with value: "C:\Program Files\My Application".
With the code above I have it. But code is a little bit confusing.

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