Re: Where is the JAR currently being executed?
Mark Space wrote:
Thomas Kellerer wrote:
Mark Space wrote on 17.03.2007 16:44:
Let's say I'm executing a JAR from the command line from a location
that isn't in the CLASSPATH. The JAR implements it's own
classLoaders and wants to use data in the JAR to construct some
classes. How does the classLoader (or I guess any other method)
locate the JAR file being executed so it can load some resources?
getClass().getResourceAsStream()
I was probably unclear with that last bit. I mean resources
generically, not specificaly a Java Resource.
Let's say I want to muck with the class search order, loading classes
from my package space first from the current JAR. Then defaulting to
the parent classLoader only if the class isn't found locally.
Hmm, is a class a resource? I haven't actually tested this yet.
Can I getResourceX("/classes/MyPackage/subpackage/MyClass.class"); ?
Why don't you test it to find out? You could answer your own question.
I believe the answer is yes, although this is a spur-of-the-moment,
untested answer, whose validity should not be trusted.
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