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You can stop your jave code from being decompiled through obfuscation, correct?

Can anyone recommend a good java obfscator which I can use to stop my java source from being decompiled?

Can anyone recommend any bad ones so that I may avoid them.

 
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ProGuard (on SourceForge) is a good open source one. There are also commercial options (like Allatori, DashO, Smokescreen) that may work better than any of the free ones. And no, ultimately obfuscators can not stop the decompilation.
 
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So what can be used to stop decompilation?
 
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That doesn't stop decompilation either (in fact, reverse engineering used to be a job of mine, primarily for resolving patent disputes).

It's difficult.
 
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William Richards wrote:So what can be used to stop decompilation?



Nothing.

Here is a link to many different obfuscators.

http://java-source.net/open-source/obfuscators
 
Consider Paul's rocket mass heater.
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