How can you figure out exactly where in the classpath a class is located ?

[Tom]

How can you figure out exactly where in the classpath a class is
located ?

For example, assume that my computer has a class
"com.MyCompany.MyClass" that is physically located in the jar-file
"c:\SomeDirectory\myJarfile.jar"
Also assume that this jar-file is included in my classpath environment
variable but there are also a lot of other jar-files and class
directories in the classpath...

Now I would like to figure out in which of all those classpath
jar-files and directories the class is located.
In other words, I would like to be able to do some kind of command
like this:

locateJavaClass.exe com.MyCompany.MyClass

That command would now show me the physical path to the jar-file above
(or possibly to a directory if it is not within a jar-file e.g.
something like this: "c:\SomeDirectory\com\MyCompany\MyClass.class" )
that contains the class that will be used when I execute "java
com.MyCompany.MyClass"

/ Tom

[Kenneth Stephen]

Tom wrote:

Now I would like to figure out in which of all those classpath
jar-files and directories the class is located.
In other words, I would like to be able to do some kind of command
like this:

Tom,

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork...406_brown.html

Hope that helps,
Kenneth