I never really used Java decompilators, but recently I needed one. My peer developers used DJ Decompiler. So I got a copy installed on my laptop and there I was - happily decompiling everything I could possibly need to peek at. It's was cool for a while, but more and more I realized I needed something in Eclipse that would do the same job but better. Switching between Eclipse and DJ Decompiler became very tiring so I did a quick search for Java decompiler that integrates with Eclipse.
There is a Java decompiler that I found and which integrates with Eclipse (as a plug-in) very nicely. It basically decompiles the class butycode and shows you the source as java file (quite handy feature). Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce
JADCLIPSE
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jadclipse/
JadClipse is based on JAD decompiler (which is not included in JadClipse). You can obtain JAD from http://www.varaneckas.com/jad.
INSTALLATION
- Unzip the jadnt158.zip file, no installation is necessary (to e.g. C:\jadnt158)
- Add JAD_HOME to your env. variables (e.g. JAD_HOME=C:\jadnt158)
- Add JAD_HOME to your PATH env. variable (e.g. %SystemRoot%\system32;...;C:\apache-ant-1.6.5\bin;%JAD_HOME%)
- Unzip jadclipse_xx.zip into "plugins" subdirectory of the directory where you installed Eclipse.
- Restart or start Eclipse.
- Open any .class file which you don't have source for, it should be automatically decompiled.
- Eclipse config - You can change path to Jad's executable (with the steps above simple "jad" will do) and temporary directory as needed (Follow Window -> Preferences -> Java -> JadClipse)
CONFIGURATION:
Most of the Jad's configuration options are available from:
Window -> Preferences -> Java -> JadClipse
Refer to Jad documentation for details on those options in case you need more information.
Happy decompiling!
:Dushan
