How can I get the project name in java?

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Is there an easier way to get the project name rather than parsing the path to the execution directory? JavaSE-1.6

What's a "project name" to Java? That's usually managed by an IDE, and has nothing to do with Java itself. — mellamokb, Oct 10 '11 at 23:30
Java doesn't have anything like a "project". Are you referring to IDE projects (e.g. projects in Eclipse, NetBeans or whatever you're using)? — , Oct 10 '11 at 23:32
in non-static context, you could call `this.getClass().getPackage();` to get the package name. Maybe that'll help. — Bala R, Oct 10 '11 at 23:32
For compiled Java, there is no notion of a project. There are classes and packages. — John B, Oct 10 '11 at 23:32
Ah OK. I'm working with Eclipse. There it's called *project name* and it's the string of the folder which contains the whole application. — Lenar Hoyt, Oct 10 '11 at 23:32
Create instance variable String proName; and implement setters and getters...[sarcasm] — TeaCupApp, Oct 10 '11 at 23:34

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '11 at 23:41

Ah OK. I'm working with Eclipse. There it's called project name and it's the string of the folder which contains the whole application.

Firstly, this is an IDE-specific concept. Java (in general) has no concept of a project.

Second, it is probably not a good idea to make a program depend on the name of the Eclipse project. That will cause problems if you ever try to run your program independently of Eclipse and the build environment.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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If you are making use of a jar archive file for your application and ant builds you can do the following;

You can have the ant build file set a value (Project-name) in the MANIFEST.MF file, excample;

    <manifest file="${basedir}\resources\jar\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF">
        <attribute name="Manifest-Version" value="1.0" />
        <attribute name="Version" value="${release.version}" />
        <attribute name="Company" value="S1" />
        <attribute name="Project" value="<project_name>" />
        <attribute name="Java-Version" value="1.5" />
    </manifest>
</target>

<target name="dist_jar" depends="create_manifest">
    <delete file="${basedir}\build\jar\${jar.name}" />

    <!--Create the JAR for the build-->

    <jar jarfile="${basedir}\resources\jar\${jar.name}" 
        manifest="${basedir}\resources\jar\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF" 
        basedir="${jar.classes}" />
</target>

Read the Project name from the MANIFEST.MF. See Read Manifest from Java code.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Oct 11 '11 at 12:26

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Hmmm ... is that the Eclipse project name, or the project name from the Ant build.xml file? – Stephen C Oct 11 '11 at 13:38
I just made it project name as an example. The closest thing I got to retrieving the project name from the .project eclipse file is: http://blog.vizio360.co.uk/2009/11/eclipse-get-project-name-within-ant-script/ – Koekiebox Oct 11 '11 at 13:54
Yo can also strip the ${basedir} property. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2454128/ant-basedir-and-eclipse-project-file-generation – Koekiebox Oct 11 '11 at 13:56

How can I get the project name in java?

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