net.sf.taverna.tools
Class TavernaBootstrapLocation

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.taverna.tools.TavernaBootstrapLocation

public class TavernaBootstrapLocation
extends java.lang.Object

Using code stolen from Taverna 1.4 to determine the startup location of the bootstrap. This is used to $taverna.startup which is used for default settings for a Taverna installation.

Author:

Stuart Owen

Constructor Summary

TavernaBootstrapLocation()

Method Summary

static java.io.File	getBootstrapDir() Get the canonical directory of the class or jar file that this class was loaded.
static java.io.File	getBootstrapFile() Get the canonical directory or jar file that this class was loaded from.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TavernaBootstrapLocation

public TavernaBootstrapLocation()

Method Detail

getBootstrapDir

public static java.io.File getBootstrapDir()
                                    throws java.io.IOException

Get the canonical directory of the class or jar file that this class was loaded. This method can be used to calculate the root directory of an installation.

Returns:

the canonical directory of the class or jar file that this class file was loaded from

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the canonical directory or jar file cannot be found

getBootstrapFile

public static java.io.File getBootstrapFile()
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Get the canonical directory or jar file that this class was loaded from.

Returns:

the canonical directory or jar file that this class file was loaded from

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the canonical directory or jar file cannot be found