How to get the path of a running JAR file?

Question

My code runs inside a JAR file, say foo.jar, and I need to know, in the code, in which folder the running foo.jar is.

So, if foo.jar is in C:\FOO\, I want to get that path no matter what my current working directory is.

Answer 1

The best solution to this problem is to use:

Return new File(NameofClass.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI()).getPath();