Monday, December 28, 2009
A brilliant java decompiler
Each of us, every now and then needs a java de-compiler. Up until now i was using Jad. Jad is a command line tool, which make it very easy to decompile java class files into readable java source code. Then i discovered the DJ decompiler, which is just a GUI on top of the jad command line utility. I must say that is was very handy to work with DJ, it saved me tons of time, and made the work easier. So now i needed to use a decompiler once again, so i googled "java decompiler" and the first google answer was the JD java decompiler. It was new to me, so i checked it out. It has 2 versions. First is a standalone version, which is a exe file, that is written in c and c++ and hence works very fast and does not need any jdk or JRE installations. The second version is actually an eclipse plugin, which i did not check, mainly because i was very very happy with the standalone version... It's brilliant. Fast, intuitive, minimalistic, download and run (no installation needed, no dependency), small footprint, and very good search and class type browsing capabilities (very much like in eclipse, even same icons). JD is a free software, the only restriction is not to embed it in other commercial tools. You can download it from here. My complements go to the sole developer of this handy utility : Emmanuel Dupuy.
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