How to get the output path in Java?

Hi all,
is there a way (method) to get the output path (where compiled classes are put) in Java?
thx a lot!
Michele

If you have already successfully loaded the classes into memory, and you want to find out where the classes are physically stored, then you can use Class.getResource() to retrieve the location of the file.
import java.net.URL;
public class Find
  private void run(String obj) {
    try {             
      Class cls = Class.forName(obj);
      //Here is the change to input correct resource path
      //instead of class name 
      String resourcePath = "/"+obj.replace('.','/')+".class";
      URL url = cls.getResource(resourcePath);
      System.out.println(url);
    catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Find find = new Find();
    find.run(args[0]);   
}java Find java.lang.String
jar:file:/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.2_13/jre/lib/rt.jar!/java/lang/String.class
Edited by: Jin on Oct 23, 2007 10:38 AM

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