how to open a .class file ? can not open with text editors!

[sahar sa]

Dear friends,
I have some".class" files but I cannot open them with text editors like notepad and word and not even by netbeans. How can I open it?
the file contains some java classes.

thanks,
Sahar.

[Henry Wong]

Class files are binary files. They are not text files, and hence, can't be opened by a text editor.

To view the file, you'll need some sort of editor just for binary files. Or maybe even a decompiler.

Henry

[sahar sa]

Dear,
Thanks for your complete answer. now I can open the file using Dj Java Decompiler.

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Well I could "open" mine in notepad. It's a different story that it makes no sense, because, like Henry said, it is a binary file.

[fred rosenberger]

I would ask you, why do you WANT to open a .class file? Would you open a .exe file?

There are ways to open/look at one, but that's probably not what you REALLY want to do. Is it?

[Rob Spoor]

fred rosenberger wrote:Would you open a .exe file?

Yes. Even if I wouldn't use a resource investigating tool to retrieve bitmaps, icons etc from the exe, I would still open it with rundll32.exe. You might call that "run" the .exe file

[Campbell Ritchie]

Try the javap tool.