I got a small doubt here.  While we are generating any new application we used to deliver them as jar files. Now my question is are we able to decompile these jar files...? if yes how can I avoid that...? Please let me know, thanks in advance.
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How do I lock compiled Java classes to prevent decompilation?  I know this must be very well discussed topic on the Internet, but I could not come to any conclusion after referring them.  Many people do suggest obfuscator, but they just do renaming of classes, methods, and fields with tough-to-remember character sequences but what about sensitive constant values?  For example, you have developed the encryption and decryption component based on a password based encryption technique. Now in this case, any average Java person can use  to decompile the class file and easily retrieve the password value (defined as constant) as well as  and in turn can decrypt the data by writing small independent program!  Or should such sensitive components be built in native code (for example, VC++) and call them via ?
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I posted a question and a couple of respondents asked for the source code. I could only post portions of the code.  If attachments were allowed I could have uploaded a .zip file with the whole application.  Will this be a feature in SO?
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I read the Java tutorials on Sun for JAR files, but I still can't find a solution for my problem. I need to use a class from a jar file called jtwitter.jar, I downloaded the file, and tried executing it (I found out yesterday that .jar files can be executed by double clicking on them) and Vista gave me an error saying "Failed to load Main-Class Manifest attribute from [path]/jtwitter.jar".  The guy who coded the .jar file wants me to import it, but where do I store the .jar file to import it in my code? I tried putting both the .jar file and my .java file in the same directory, didn't work.  The file I'm trying to work for is here:   I'm using JCreator LE.
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Not entirely sure if this is where to ask this, but I can't find another place to...  I've recently switched from Windows to Mac and I am trying to understand more in depth what I'm working with.  My question is: are .dmg files the equivalent of .zip files in Windows? I came to this theory when downloading a .dmg and when I opened it, it contained a .app and and text file read me. To me, this seems like a compressed file.   Is this correct?
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Why is it so hard to do this in Java? If you want to have any kind of module system you need to be able to load JAR files dynamically. I'm told there's a way of doing it by writing your own ClassLoader, but that's a lot of work for something that should (in my mind at least) be as easy as calling a method with a JAR file as its argument.  Any suggestions for simple code that does this?
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I have a JAR file named helloworld.jar. In order to run it, I'm executing the following command in a command-line window:  java -jar helloworld.jar   This works fine, but how do I execute it with double-click instead? Do I need to install any software?
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I wish to store a few folders in a zip file and then convert that zip file into a jar.  I have the following folders : META-INF and org.  I tried the following command:  zip META-INF/ org/ wordcount.zip   But wordcount.zip was not created.
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I am looking for a disassembler or better, a decompiler for .net.  The situation is that the source code for an assembly written by one of my predecessors is lost and I'd like to take a look to see what it's doing.  I know that ildasm comes with the Visual Studio installation so I can get at the MSIL, but I was hoping there was a program clever enough to work back to the C# code (or best approximation).  Are there any tools for this out there?  (If not, I suppose it'll be a good excuse for me to sit down and start to learn MSIL)
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I see you have succussfully answered this question previously but it is not specific to my system.  I have downloaded your file and created the relevant dump file but I don't know how to analyse it. Can I upload it to you for some advice please?
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I've always wondered why cd isn't a program, but never managed to find the answer.  Anyone know why this is the case?
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My project is to develop an installer which is an executable for Windows, Mac and Ubuntu. The executables on Windows, Mac and Ubuntu are .exe, .app and .deb respectively. So, I converted my .jar file to a .exe file on Windows using a software called launch4j. And on MAC I used a software called Jar-Bundler to convert my jar in to .app file. I want to know if there is any specific software on Ubuntu to convert my jar file in to a .deb file.
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Is there a way, that I could backup all my programs, all apps, put them in a directory or something, so that I could install them quickly next time, without having to manually going over the app center, downloading them from terminal, etc?  Note that I might import them from a distro other than the one I exported them on. So, say I'm in Ubuntu, exported some stuff, and then installed BT and wanted to import them from there.
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I cannot install Eclipse, even if I wanted to.  It is not approved software for my org.  How can test classes be deleted from production, using deployments? There no 'active' checkbox when I am editing the classes in sandbox mode, so I can't just deactivate the test class, and i cant deploy a deleted class to prod...  how the heck is this done?  I dont want to use ANT or special software.  SF must have a native way to achieve this.  And if not...  then I am very disappointed in humanity.
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Is there a way to include all the jar files within a directory in the classpath?  I'm trying java -classpath lib/*.jar:. my.package.Program and it is not able to find class files that are certainly in those jars.  Do I need to add each jar file to the classpath separately?
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I'm an entry level programmer so please be descriptive in your responses.  I am trying to use a Java API given as a .jar file in my C# .net application.  I don't know much Java, but this .jar file says "no main-class manifest attribute" when I try to run it so this means its a library?  This Java API also comes with a .java file which shows how to use the library but I cannot see the code inside the .jar.  I found  on this site, and one of the answers reads, "In simple way you can pack your java classes to jar file then In C# use Process class for execute and map IO stream."  I am semi-familiar with the Process class in C# but I don't understand how I could use it to use a Java library in my C# .net project.  Is this possible? or was that answer incorrect?  If so, could you explain how I can use the .jar library in my C# app.
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I am trying to build an executable jar program which depends on external jar downloaded. In my project, I included them in the build path and can be run and debug within eclipse.  When I tried to export it to a jar, I can run the program but I can't when I try to press a button which includes function calls and classes from the external jar. I have edited the environment variables (Windows XP) CLASSPATH to include paths of all the external jar, but it doesn't work.  A point to note is that I got compile warnings while exporting my executable jar, but it doesn't show up any description about the warnings.  Would someone kindly provide a thorough guide on how to include an external jar program using eclipse?
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Do any of you know of a tool that will search for .class files and then display their compiled versions?  I know you can look at them individually in a hex editor but I have a lot of class files to look over (something in my giant application is compiling to Java6 for some reason).