How do I get the location of the confluence home directory?

How do I get the location of the confluence.home directory?

First you need the BootstrapManager then simply call the following method:

Confluence 5.5 and earlier:

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String confluenceHome = bootstrapManager.getConfluenceHome();

Confluence 5.6 and later:

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String confluenceHome = bootstrapManager.getSharedHome();

or

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String confluenceHome = bootstrapManager.getLocalHome();

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