Find where java class is loaded from

Question

Does anyone know how to programmaticly find out where the java classloader actually loads the class from?

I often work on large projects where the classpath gets v

Answer 1

This is what we use:

public static String getClassResource(Class klass) {
  return klass.getClassLoader().getResource(
     klass.getName().replace('.', '/') + ".class").toString();
}

This will work depending on the ClassLoader implementation: getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation()