>From byte code (the compiled .class files) you can determine method names, and their arguments. There are several tools that can read class files, and tell you what is in them: JBuilder, and NetBeans/Forte come with class viewers. This won't tell you how the classes were implemented, but it will expose the interface of the class. You can also do this at runtime, by calling object.getClass() and then using the methods of java.lang.Class
As far as decompiling classes go, all I am going to tell you is that it would violate your license, and that it may be possible. _____________________________________________ Pete Freitag CTO, CFDEV.COM http://www.cfdev.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Ben Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 5:15 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Looking into the Java Classes All, I know some people have used the ColdFusion MX Java classes directly (I believe Charlie had an article on this) and I was wondering if someone could give some insight into how this can be done. I'll be the first to admit that I am not a Java expert, although I worked with applets for a while just after Java came out so I have some understanding. I believe there was some talk about using the javadoc tool to document them, but I received an error saying that it could not find the source code for the JAR file. Perhaps I'm doing it all completely wrong. Also, aside from the legal issues, would disassembly be a possibility? I'm looking into a workaround for some problems concerning Flash Remoting and I wanted to look into the low-level API to see if it would offer any workaround. The chances may be slim to none, but I'd like to try anyways. Thanks. Ben Johnson Information Architect www.architekture.com [p] 720.934.2179 ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
