Re: Java Decompiler Urgent Help
On 08/29/2010 05:24 PM, thanasis wrote:
My external harddisk crashed and I lost one month programming job. I do have
all the class files.
It is the first time i find my self to a similar situtation. Can someone
provide some hints so that I can recover my source java files. I know about
java decompilers but have never used any.
Step 1: get a decompiler.
Step 2: run it.
Step 3: babysit the decompiler output and tweak it until you get the
correct results.
You need to do a lot of hand editing, even with a decompiler output. And
if you have complex code (i.e., synchronized with a try/catch thrown in,
or maybe nested try/finally's), you can pretty much guarantee that the
decompiler will barf on your code.
Alternatively, you can skip the decompiler step and just decompile the
output by hand from javap (I had to do this with C++ code (s/javap/IDA/,
but it's the same basic idea)... it's not difficult but it is time
consuming)
In the end, though, you'll be recoding a lot by hand.
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