Java Jar File Find findClassJar(final Class aClass)

Description

The retrieves the URL of the Jar file containing the given class

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
aClass	Class to look for

Return

The Jar file containing the class

Declaration

public static URL findClassJar(final Class<?> aClass) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*w  ww .ja v a2 s .  co  m*/
 * Copyright 2014 isandlaTech
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**
     * The retrieves the URL of the Jar file containing the given class
     *
     * @param aClass
     *            Class to look for
     * @return The Jar file containing the class
     */
    public static URL findClassJar(final Class<?> aClass) {

        return aClass.getResource('/' + aClass.getName().replace('.', '/') + ".class");
    }
}

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