Scan the classpath: how to find where a class is loaded from in Java

In order to find where a class is loaded from by using the ClassPathHunter, we need to initially add the following dependency to our pom.xml:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.burningwave</groupId>
    <artifactId>core</artifactId>
    <version>12.64.3</version>
</dependency>

… And to use Burningwave Core as a Java module, add the following to your module-info.java:

requires org.burningwave.core;

And now let’s take a look at the code:

import java.util.Collection;

import org.burningwave.core.assembler.ComponentContainer;
import org.burningwave.core.assembler.ComponentSupplier;
import org.burningwave.core.classes.ClassPathHunter;
import org.burningwave.core.classes.SearchConfig;
import org.burningwave.core.io.FileSystemItem;
import org.burningwave.core.io.PathHelper;
    
public class Finder {
    
   public Collection<FileSystemItem> find() {
        ComponentSupplier componentSupplier = ComponentContainer.getInstance();
        PathHelper pathHelper = componentSupplier.getPathHelper();
        ClassPathHunter classPathHunter = componentSupplier.getClassPathHunter();
        
        SearchConfig searchConfig = SearchConfig.forPaths(
            //Here you can add all absolute path you want:
            //both folders, zip and jar will be recursively scanned.
            //For example you can add: "C:\\Users\\user\\.m2"
            //With the line below the search will be executed on runtime class paths
            pathHelper.getMainClassPaths()
        ).addFileFilter(
            FileSystemItem.Criteria.forAllFileThat(fileSystemItem -> {
	            JavaClass javaClass = fileSystemItem.toJavaClass();
        	    return javaClass != null && javaClass.getName().equals(Finder.class.getName());
            })
        );

        try(ClassPathHunter.SearchResult searchResult = classPathHunter.findBy(searchConfig)) {
            return searchResult.getClassPaths();
        }
    }
    
}