Java Glossary : disassembler

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disassembler

A program to reverse engineer a class file to get back to human-readable reverse polish sort of Java Forth/Assembler source with comments and parameter and temporary variable names lost. A program to go all the way back to Java source is called a decompiler or reverse compiler. javap -c will do a crude job of disassembling. Javaworld did an article on it around 1997 June.

Disassemblers
Program	Notes
ClassCracker	written in pure Java.
D-Java	by Shawn Silverman, has trouble with long filenames, uses DOS/DPMI, written in C.
Dis	written in C
DJ	for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP only. Graphical front end for JAD.
JadEclipse	Opensource Eclipse plug-in.
Jasmin
Jasper
javad
javap	javap.exe -c will do a crude job of disassembling. Part of JDK.
Javel	generates C++
Kimera Online Disassembler	no longer available.
JCD	Java Class Disassembler
JDis	Output intended for analysis, not recompilation.
JReversePro	Opensource.
Macho	no longer supported.

If thats is not enough, search Google for Java disassembler.

decompiler ¤ javap.exe ¤

Mark Meurrens' list of disassemblers ¤ obfuscator

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