A JAR file is an archive file but is more than a file compression format. Here's how to open, run, or execute JAR files.

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.

Generally, Java compilers are run and pointed to a programmer's code in a text file to produce a class file for use by the JVM on different platforms. Jikes, for example, is an open source compiler ...