Java Class File Explorer This tool dumps a Java class file into a human readable text file, allows some editing on the dumped file, and rebuilds from the dumped file.

A Java class file has a well-defined format, consisting of a fixed-size header, a constant pool containing various constants used in the file, a set of fields and methods, and various attributes.

My examples have been written and built in Java SE 7, but I avoid using Java SE 7’s Files class and so don’t need to fully scope Guava’s same-named class. File Creation ...

OpenJDK proposal would replace ASM with an up-to-date and performant API for parsing, generating, and transforming Java class files.

well, apparently, if i make an empty .java file of the same name, compile it once, and then replace the .class file with the one i want.<BR><BR>hopefully there is some more elegant way to do it ...