How to write a Java program which can extract a JAR file and store its data in specified directory (location)?

Adapt this example: How to extract Java resources from JAR and zip archive

Or try this code:

Extract the Contents of ZIP/JAR Files Programmatically

Suppose jarFile is the jar/zip file to be extracted. destDir is the path where it will be extracted:

java.util.jar.JarFile jar = new java.util.jar.JarFile(jarFile);
java.util.Enumeration enumEntries = jar.entries();
while (enumEntries.hasMoreElements()) {
    java.util.jar.JarEntry file = (java.util.jar.JarEntry) enumEntries.nextElement();
    java.io.File f = new java.io.File(destDir + java.io.File.separator + file.getName());
    if (file.isDirectory()) { // if its a directory, create it
        f.mkdir();
        continue;
    }
    java.io.InputStream is = jar.getInputStream(file); // get the input stream
    java.io.FileOutputStream fos = new java.io.FileOutputStream(f);
    while (is.available() > 0) {  // write contents of 'is' to 'fos'
        fos.write(is.read());
    }
    fos.close();
    is.close();
}
jar.close();

Source: http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/22124

You can use this code snippet as a reference to get your task done.Its almost the same as the code snippet shown above by @JuanZe except that for those who were getting the FileNotFoundException, i have added a small code snippet that will check if the file does exist and if it doesn't then it will create the parent folder along with the files and will extract the contents of jar file inside the specified destination folder.

Code snippet:

public class JarDemo {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException {
    java.util.jar.JarFile jarfile = new java.util.jar.JarFile(new java.io.File("E:/sqljdbc4.jar")); //jar file path(here sqljdbc4.jar)
    java.util.Enumeration<java.util.jar.JarEntry> enu= jarfile.entries();
    while(enu.hasMoreElements())
    {
        String destdir = "E:/abc/";     //abc is my destination directory
        java.util.jar.JarEntry je = enu.nextElement();

        System.out.println(je.getName());

        java.io.File fl = new java.io.File(destdir, je.getName());
        if(!fl.exists())
        {
            fl.getParentFile().mkdirs();
            fl = new java.io.File(destdir, je.getName());
        }
        if(je.isDirectory())
        {
            continue;
        }
        java.io.InputStream is = jarfile.getInputStream(je);
        java.io.FileOutputStream fo = new java.io.FileOutputStream(fl);
        while(is.available()>0)
        {
            fo.write(is.read());
        }
        fo.close();
        is.close();
    }

  }

}

JarFile class.

JarFile file = new JarFile("file.jar");   
for (Enumeration<JarEntry> enum = file.entries(); enum.hasMoreElements();) {   
    JarEntry entry = enum.next();   
    System.out.println(entry.getName());   
}