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

String path = Test.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath();

String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(path, "UTF-8");

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