How to get the current working directory in Java?

Question

I want to access my current working directory using java.

My code :

 String current = new java.io.File( \".\" ).getCanonicalPath();
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Answer 1

assume that you're trying to run your project inside eclipse, or netbean or stand alone from command line. I have write a method to fix it

public static final String getBasePathForClass(Class clazz) {
    File file;
    try {
        String basePath = null;
        file = new File(clazz.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI().getPath());
        if (file.isFile() || file.getPath().endsWith(".jar") || file.getPath().endsWith(".zip")) {
            basePath = file.getParent();
        } else {
            basePath = file.getPath();
        }
        // fix to run inside eclipse
        if (basePath.endsWith(File.separator + "lib") || basePath.endsWith(File.separator + "bin")
                || basePath.endsWith("bin" + File.separator) || basePath.endsWith("lib" + File.separator)) {
            basePath = basePath.substring(0, basePath.length() - 4);
        }
        // fix to run inside netbean
        if (basePath.endsWith(File.separator + "build" + File.separator + "classes")) {
            basePath = basePath.substring(0, basePath.length() - 14);
        }
        // end fix
        if (!basePath.endsWith(File.separator)) {
            basePath = basePath + File.separator;
        }
        return basePath;
    } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Cannot firgue out base path for class: " + clazz.getName());
    }
}

To use, everywhere you want to get base path to read file, you can pass your anchor class to above method, result may be the thing you need :D

Best,