trying to get class name & path

[sandor]

I need to get the name and path of some of my classes and am having an issue.
this code looks like it should work but give me an out put of:
/////////////////////.class

package test;

public class TestingClassName {
   public static void main(String[] args) 
  {
    System.out.println(
    TestingClassName.class.getName().replaceAll(".", "/") + ".class");
   }
}

[pegitha]

what version of java are you using ?Are you using 5.0 or higher?
YOu can change you code to this:
TestingClassName.class.getName().replaceAll("\\.", "/") + ".class");
and escaping it with a "\\". In regex "." means replace everything so that is why all characters are replaced with "\". you also need to escape the "\" which is why I put in two.
If you are using java 5.0 there is a new class you can use:java.util.regex.Pattern.quote

But not all file systems use the "/" so you need to be careful with this.

[sandor]

Thanks for the help. What would I use if the system does not use a slash?

[pegitha]

If you use 5.0 do this:

 TestingClassName.class.getName().replaceAll("\\.", Matcher.quoteReplacement(File.separator)) + ".class");

If you are using an earlier version use the String replace I guess.

[g25451]

how are you