will it really work fine???

[Ashish patel]

Hi!
Does this tool really produce the exect source code that
we write?
If yes i would wonder that such tools also exists.

-Ashish patel

"John Timney (MVP)" <timneyj@btinternet.com> wrote:
>you can decompile the class file with a tool such as JAD and then change
it
>and recompile it if you wanted too.
>
>Regards
>
>John Timney (MVP)
>
>
>djyoda <dallas@littlefieldinc.com> wrote in message
>news:3978687e$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> I'm new to the java development scene, and I'm trying to find out if it's
>> possible to edit a .class file. Can this be done? If so, what is required
>> to do it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>

[John Timney (MVP)]

Yes they really do work.

Decompilers like JAD modify compiled classes back to readable source, if its
obsfuscated then it could still be very difficult for you to make any use of
it.

Regards

John Timney (MVP)




Ashish patel <patel_ashishr@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3979f1b0@news.devx.com...
>
> Hi!
> Does this tool really produce the exect source code that
> we write?
> If yes i would wonder that such tools also exists.
>
> -Ashish patel
>
> "John Timney (MVP)" <timneyj@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >you can decompile the class file with a tool such as JAD and then change
> it
> >and recompile it if you wanted too.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >John Timney (MVP)
> >
> >
> >djyoda <dallas@littlefieldinc.com> wrote in message
> >news:3978687e$1@news.devx.com...
> >>
> >> I'm new to the java development scene, and I'm trying to find out if
it's
> >> possible to edit a .class file. Can this be done? If so, what is
required
> >> to do it?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >
> >
>