What are the differences between decompiling and disassembling a .class file?
Created May 4, 2012
John Mitchell Basically, the Java byte codes in
.class
files are the "assembly language" of the Java Virtual Machine. Disassembling transforms the .class
file contents from binary into a direct, textual representation of the bytecodes (i.e., JVM "assembly language"). Decompiling transforms the .class
file contents into a Java source code textual representation (i.e., a .java
file).