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Anonymous
Anonymous

Reputation: 64

Find Base path of the working directory in Java

I am using Eclipse Luna RCP. In the code of my plugin, I want the path of my workspace. I have used the following code:

String basePath = this.getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath();

This should give:

/home/esghsni/avroWorkspace/AvroDesigner

But it is give incorrect path which include path the directory where eclipse rcp is stored.

I have checked all the related questions but none helped. I have also tried decoding the path returned (using URLDecoder()), but it gave some other path altogether. Any kind of help would be appreciated. Thank you!!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5989

Answers (5)

arti
arti

Reputation: 1

Yes previous answer is correct

import java.io.File;

public class B {
    
    public static void main (String [] arr)

    {
    B b=new B();
    File f = new File(b.getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath());
    System.out.print(f.getAbsolutePath());
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Anonymous
Anonymous

Reputation: 64

Thank you for all the answers! I just executed the same code on my friend's laptop and it gave the correct workspace path. So basically, the code:

String basePath = this.getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath();

is working correctly. Seems as if there is some issues in my laptop or eclipse.

I also found out that when I switch the eclipse workspace and restart the eclipse, it gives me the correct workspace path (only once). But next executions onwards, it start giving me wrong output.

Upvotes: 0

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111142

In an Eclipse plugin use:

IPath path = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().getRoot().getLocation();

to get the full path of the workspace in file system.

Note: this must be run in a plugin, it won't work in a plain Java program.

Upvotes: 0

Rustam
Rustam

Reputation: 6515

you can try this:

 System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir"));

Upvotes: 1

Ankit Sharma
Ankit Sharma

Reputation: 1565

File f = new File(this.getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath());

Use this file object f to get absolute path of this class.

Upvotes: 0

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