way to re-generate source from class ?

[bob connolly]

hello, is there a utility that will re-generate the java source from the class file by any change? or attempt to do that?

thanks!
bc

[Joanne Neal]

Google for Java decompiler. There are a number of them out there. I believe JAD is a good one although I've only ever used it once. You won't get the exact code back, but it should be reasonably close as long as the code wasn't obfuscated. You can decompile obfuscated code, but it is harder to get back to the original source.

[BobC]

great! thanks all appreciate your help!

bc