I am trying to locate the path of the current running/debugged project programmatically in Java, I looked in Google and what I found was System.getProperty("user.id"), which didn't get me the project's path.
I know the command Environment.currentDirectory in C# gives the path of the current running/debugged project,so I am sure there must be a similar way in Java, too.
So I am asking if anyone could tell me or give me a code to how locate the path of the currently running/debugged project programmatically?
edit: i am writing plugin which loads with eclipse start. the plugin adds a button to the workbench of eclipse, with in the code of the plugin when i click the button i search for the current directory path.
my purpose is that when for example i debug a project and then click the button, a window will pop up presenting the debugged project's path, thanks
I've just used this :
System.out.println(System.getenv().get("PWD"));
Using OpenJDK 11
Use user.dir key for get project location using java.
Code:
System.out.println("Present Project Directory : "+ System.getProperty("user.dir"));
OutPut:
Present Project Directory :C:\workspace\MyEclipse 10\examples\MySqlMavenDomain
For displaying all systems properties simply use System.getProperties();
Use Key value in System.getProperty("java.version"); for get output.
Code:
Properties properties = System.getProperties();
Enumeration<Object> enumeration = properties.keys();
for (int i = 0; i < properties.size(); i++) {
Object obj = enumeration.nextElement();
System.out.println("Key: "+obj+"\tOutPut= "+System.getProperty(obj.toString()));
}
OutPut:
Key: java.runtime.name OutPut= Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
Key: sun.boot.library.path OutPut= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\bin
Key: java.vm.version OutPut= 24.45-b08
Key: java.vm.vendor OutPut= Oracle Corporation
Key: java.vendor.url OutPut= http://java.oracle.com/
Key: path.separator OutPut= ;
Key: java.vm.name OutPut= Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
Key: file.encoding.pkg OutPut= sun.io
Key: user.country OutPut= US
Key: user.script OutPut=
Key: sun.java.launcher OutPut= SUN_STANDARD
Key: sun.os.patch.level OutPut= Service Pack 3
Key: java.vm.specification.name OutPut= Java Virtual Machine Specification
Key: user.dir OutPut= C:\workspace\MyEclipse 10\examples\MySqlMavenDomain
Key: java.runtime.version OutPut= 1.7.0_45-b18
Key: java.awt.graphicsenv OutPut= sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
Key: java.endorsed.dirs OutPut= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\endorsed
Key: os.arch OutPut= x86
Key: java.io.tmpdir OutPut= C:\DOCUME~1\UDAYP~2.PBS\LOCALS~1\Temp\
Key: line.separator OutPut=
Key: java.vm.specification.vendor OutPut= Oracle Corporation
Key: user.variant OutPut=
Key: os.name OutPut= Windows XP
Key: sun.jnu.encoding OutPut= Cp1252
Key: java.library.path OutPut= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:/Program Files/MyEclipse/Common/binary/com.sun.java.jdk.win32.x86_1.6.0.013/jre/bin/client;C:/Program Files/MyEclipse/Common/binary/com.sun.java.jdk.win32.x86_1.6.0.013/jre/bin;C:/Program Files/MyEclipse/Common/binary/com.sun.java.jdk.win32.x86_1.6.0.013/jre/lib/i386;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\;D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;.
Key: java.specification.name OutPut= Java Platform API Specification
Key: java.class.version OutPut= 51.0
Key: sun.management.compiler OutPut= HotSpot Client Compiler
Key: os.version OutPut= 5.1
Key: user.home OutPut= C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS
Key: user.timezone OutPut=
Key: java.awt.printerjob OutPut= sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob
Key: file.encoding OutPut= UTF-8
Key: java.specification.version OutPut= 1.7
Key: java.class.path OutPut= C:\workspace\MyEclipse 10\examples\MySqlMavenDomain\target\test-classes;C:\workspace\MyEclipse 10\examples\MySqlMavenDomain\target\classes;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\jstl\jstl\1.2\jstl-1.2.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\javax\servlet\javax.servlet-api\3.1.0\javax.servlet-api-3.1.0.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\mysql\mysql-connector-java\5.1.28\mysql-connector-java-5.1.28.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\javax\mail\mail\1.4.7\mail-1.4.7.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\javax\activation\activation\1.1\activation-1.1.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\junit\junit\4.11\junit-4.11.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\hamcrest\hamcrest-core\1.3\hamcrest-core-1.3.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\hibernate\hibernate-core\4.3.0.Final\hibernate-core-4.3.0.Final.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\jboss\logging\jboss-logging\3.1.3.GA\jboss-logging-3.1.3.GA.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\jboss\logging\jboss-logging-annotations\1.2.0.Beta1\jboss-logging-annotations-1.2.0.Beta1.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\jboss\spec\javax\transaction\jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec\1.0.0.Final\jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\dom4j\dom4j\1.6.1\dom4j-1.6.1.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\xml-apis\xml-apis\1.0.b2\xml-apis-1.0.b2.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\hibernate\common\hibernate-commons-annotations\4.0.4.Final\hibernate-commons-annotations-4.0.4.Final.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\hibernate\javax\persistence\hibernate-jpa-2.1-api\1.0.0.Final\hibernate-jpa-2.1-api-1.0.0.Final.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\javassist\javassist\3.18.1-GA\javassist-3.18.1-GA.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\antlr\antlr\2.7.7\antlr-2.7.7.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\jboss\jandex\1.1.0.Final\jandex-1.1.0.Final.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\hibernate\hibernate-entitymanager\4.3.0.Final\hibernate-entitymanager-4.3.0.Final.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\commons-dbcp\commons-dbcp\1.4\commons-dbcp-1.4.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\commons-fileupload\commons-fileupload\1.3\commons-fileupload-1.3.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\commons-net\commons-net\3.3\commons-net-3.3.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\commons-pool\commons-pool\1.6\commons-pool-1.6.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\commons-collections\commons-collections\3.2.1\commons-collections-3.2.1.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\commons-beanutils\commons-beanutils\1.9.0\commons-beanutils-1.9.0.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\log4j\log4j\1.2.16\log4j-1.2.16.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-orm\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-orm-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\aopalliance\aopalliance\1.0\aopalliance-1.0.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-jdbc\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-jdbc-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-tx\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-tx-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-web\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-web-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-aop\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-aop-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-webmvc\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-webmvc-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-aspects\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-aspects-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\aspectj\aspectjweaver\1.7.2\aspectjweaver-1.7.2.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-beans\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-beans-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-context\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-context-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-context-support\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-context-support-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-core\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-core-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-expression\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-expression-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-instrument\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-instrument-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\uday.p.PBSYSTEMS\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-instrument-tomcat\3.2.6.RELEASE\spring-instrument-tomcat-3.2.6.RELEASE.jar
Key: user.name OutPut= uday.p
Key: java.vm.specification.version OutPut= 1.7
Key: sun.java.command OutPut= com.uk.mysqlmaven.domain.test.UserLoginDetails
Key: java.home OutPut= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre
Key: sun.arch.data.model OutPut= 32
Key: user.language OutPut= en
Key: java.specification.vendor OutPut= Oracle Corporation
Key: awt.toolkit OutPut= sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
Key: java.vm.info OutPut= mixed mode, sharing
Key: java.version OutPut= 1.7.0_45
Key: java.ext.dirs OutPut= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\ext;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\lib\ext
Key: sun.boot.class.path OutPut= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\resources.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\rt.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\sunrsasign.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\jsse.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\jce.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\charsets.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\lib\jfr.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\jre\classes
Key: java.vendor OutPut= Oracle Corporation
Key: file.separator OutPut= \
Key: java.vendor.url.bug OutPut= http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/
Key: sun.io.unicode.encoding OutPut= UnicodeLittle
Key: sun.cpu.endian OutPut= little
Key: sun.desktop OutPut= windows
Key: sun.cpu.isalist OutPut= pentium_pro+mmx pentium_pro pentium+mmx pentium i486 i386 i86
For more details refer Class System
Two ways
System.getProperty("user.dir");
or this
File currentDirFile = new File(".");
String helper = currentDirFile.getAbsolutePath();
String currentDir = helper.substring(0, helper.length() - currentDirFile.getCanonicalPath().length());//this line may need a try-catch block
The idea is to get the current folder with ".", and then fetch the absolute position to it and remove the filename from it, so from something like
/home/shark/eclipse/workspace/project/src/com/package/name/bin/Class.class
when you remove Class.class you'd get
/home/shark/eclipse/workspace/project/src/com/package/name/bin/
which is kinda what you want.
This is a code snippet to retrieve the path of the current running web application project in java.
public String getPath() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
String path = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("").getPath();
String fullPath = URLDecoder.decode(path, "UTF-8");
String pathArr[] = fullPath.split("/WEB-INF/classes/");
System.out.println(fullPath);
System.out.println(pathArr[0]);
fullPath = pathArr[0];
return fullPath;
}
Source: https://dzone.com/articles/get-current-web-application
you can get the current project path use System.getProperty("user.dir")
in that method you write Key name to get your different-different paths, and if you don't know key, you can find all property use of System.getProperties() this method is return all property with key. and you can find key name manually from it.
and write System.getProperty("KEY NAME")
and get your require path.
This is the new way to do it:
Path root = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("").toAbsolutePath();
Path filePath = Paths.get(root.toString(),"src", "main", "resources", fileName);
Or even better:
Path root = Paths.get(".").normalize().toAbsolutePath();
But I would take it one step further:
public String getUsersProjectRootDirectory() {
String envRootDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
Path rootDIr = Paths.get(".").normalize().toAbsolutePath();
if ( rootDir.startsWith(envRootDir) ) {
return rootDir;
} else {
throw new RuntimeException("Root dir not found in user directory.");
}
}
What about System.getProperty("user.dir")? It'll give you the working directory from where your program was launched.
See System Properties from the Java Tutorial for an overview of Java's System Properties.
File currDir = new File(".");
String path = currDir.getAbsolutePath();
System.out.println(path);
This will print . at the end. To remove, simply truncate the string by one char e.g.:
File currDir = new File(".");
String path = currDir.getAbsolutePath();
path = path.substring(0, path.length()-1);
System.out.println(path);
Java-Projects does not have ONE path! Java-Projects has multiple pathes even so one Class can have multiple locations in different classpath's in one "Project".
So if you have a calculator.jar located in your JRE/lib and one calculator.jar with the same classes on a CD: if you execute the calculator.jar the classes from the CD, the java-vm will take the classes from the JRE/lib!
This problem often comes to programmers who like to load resources deployed inside of the Project. In this case,
System.getResource("/likebutton.png")
is taken for example.
Source: Stackoverflow.com