Determine which JAR file a class is from
Yes. It works for all classes except classes loaded by bootstrap classloader. The other way to determine is: Class klass = String.class; URL location = klass.getResource(“https://stackoverflow.com/” + klass.getName().replace(‘.’, “https://stackoverflow.com/”) + “.class”); As notnoop pointed out klass.getResource() method returns the location of the class file itself. For example: jar:file:/jdk/jre/lib/rt.jar!/java/lang/String.class file:/projects/classes/pkg/MyClass$1.class The getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation() method returns the location … Read more