> Hi David,
>
> On Sun, 1 Jul 2012, David Webster wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Johannes Schindelin <
> >
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> >
> > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2012, David Webster wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't know if this would help as I don't recall seeing .config
> > > > files in the same dir as my class file (e.g. the plugins folder).
> > >
> > > You can call getResource() with the .class file itself as parameter.
> >
> > I know I'm being terribly clueless, but what class does getResources()
> > belong to?
>
> Example: let's assume you have a class called MyClass and its .class file
> is outside a .jar file. Then
>
> String path = MyClass.class.getResource("MyClass.class").getPath();
> File directory = new File(path).getParentFile();
>
> will give you the directory in which MyClass resides, as a java.io.File
> object. If the class resides inside a .jar file and you want the directory
> in which the .jar file lives, it gets slightly more complicated:
>
> String path = MyClass.class.getResource("MyClass.class").getPath();
> if (path.startsWith("jar:")) path = path.subtring(4);
> if (path.startsWith("file:")) path = path.subtring(5);
> int bang = path.indexOf("!/");
> if (bang > 0) path = path.substring(0, bang);
> directory = new File(path).getParentFile();
>
> Ciao,
> Johannes
>