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How to make a class file which cannot decompiled?

Vishnu Murthy
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Hi all,
I want my .class file not to be decompiled by any other tools. Can we achieve this? if yes Pl. explain as how to do it. It is very urgent pl.
Thanks
Vishnu
Peter den Haan
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Try this.
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Avi Abrami
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Hi Vishnu,

I want my .class file not to be decompiled by any other tools. Can we achieve this?

Although Peter has offered you a list of obfuscators (I believe -- I didn't actually follow the link he gave), it may not be possible to create a truly non-decompilable ".class" file. Read this for more details:
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2003-05/01-qa-0509-jcrypt.html
Hope this helps.
Good Luck,
Avi.
 
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