Java Decompiler

[sbasak]

There are some programs available which can retrieve source code from .class files! I used one such program (http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/cavaj/index.html) and found it is working!

Then what is the security of Java class files?

[Mrs Kensington]

theres an interesting document at javaworld that discusses protecting your source code from decomiplers.
You can find it here http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip22.html

[Dillinger4]

That's pretty cool. It's funny that the author
of Mocha, Hanpeter van Vliet, is also the
author of Crema. :p I wonder how the program
is still able to compile even though symbolic
information is scrambled. :confused:

[Cudabean]

I've used a program called Zelix Classmaster that obfuscates your java code. It basically makes it harder to read by renaming your classes and variables to serially numbered vowels.

cudabean