On Tue, 25 May 1999 16:55:15 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
>Another nice one, almost free, is JAX at the www.alphaworks.ibm.com website. It
>is written java and not only obfucates, it will compress and JAR your project
>automatically. If the JAX development program is anything like the
>High Performance Java Compiler, I'd grab a copy before it get's promoted too...
Well, JAX is very usefull... Applets that were over 100k as compressed
JAR files, after being processed by JAX, are under 60K (some are under 30k)
The reason is that JAX does things like removing unused/uncalled methods
and collapsing classes when possible. In addition to the standard symbol
substitution work which also helps reduce file size.
You can also set some classes as "not to be touched" or "stay serializable
compatible" for the more complex applets.
The obfusication is a minor benefit (that is, the fact that no decompiler
can decompile the result is a side effect and is not the reason I use it)
Michael Sinz -- Director of Research & Development, NextBus Inc.
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------- http://www.nextbus.com
My place on the web ---> http://www.users.fast.net/~michael_sinz
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