JAD (software)

Jad (Java Decompiler) is, as of August 2011, an unmaintained decompiler for the Java programming language. Jad provides a command-line user interface to extract source code from class files.

JAD

Developer(s)	Pavel Kouznetsov
Initial release	Before 1999 (1999)
Stable release	1.5.8g / 2006 (2006)
Written in	C++
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	English
Type	Software engineering
License	Free for non-commercial use (Copyright: Pavel Kouznetsov)
Website	Original Jad site, including downloads at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 February 2008)

See also

• Java Decompiler
• Mocha

References

• Naeem, N.A.; Batchelder, M.; Hendren, L. (2007). Metrics for Measuring the Effectiveness of Decompilers and Obfuscators (PDF). Program Comprehension, 2007. ICPC '07. 15th IEEE International Conference on. pp. 253–258. doi:10.1109/ICPC.2007.27.
• Kuo, Jong-Yih; Chu, Louisa (2005). Intelligent code analyzer for online course management system. Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, 2005. Third ACIS International Conference on. pp. 228–234. doi:10.1109/SERA.2005.47.
• Miecznikowski, J.; Hendren, L. (2001). Decompiling Java using staged encapsulation. Reverse Engineering, 2001. Proceedings. Eighth Working Conference on. pp. 368–374. doi:10.1109/WCRE.2001.957845.
• Tam, V.; Gupta, R.K. (2000). Using class decompilers to facilitate the security of Java applications!. Web Information Systems Engineering, 2000. Proceedings of the First International Conference on. Vol. 1. pp. 153–158. doi:10.1109/WISE.2000.882387.

External links

• Original Jad site, including downloads at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 February 2008)
• JAD Softpedia Mirror