Decompiling Java

by Godfrey Nolan

Overview

Both Java and .NET use the idea of a "virtual machine," or VM. And while VMs are useful for some purposes, they undermine the security of your source code, because creation can be reversed, or decompiled. Which makes this one-of-a-kind book extremely useful: you must understand decompilation, to properly protect your intellectual property.

For example, how secure is your code after you run an obfuscator? The book will answer questions like this, and provide more thorough information about Java byte codes and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) than any other book on the market. This book redresses the imbalance by providing insights into the features and limitations of today's decompilers and obfuscators, and offering a detailed look at what JVMs actually do.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430254690
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	01/13/2014
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Godfrey Nolan is president of RIIS LLC, where he specializes in website optimization. He has written numerous articles for magazines and newspapers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Nolan has had a healthy obsession with reverse engineering bytecode since he wrote Decompile Once, Run Anywhere, which first appeared in Web Techniques in September 1997.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Inside the Class File; Tools of the Trade; Obfuscation (Theory and Practice); Decompiler Design; Decompiler Implementation; Future Proof.

Editorial Reviews

A great addition to that section of your bookshelf dedicated to serious books that will be around for a while. ... Personally the best thing about this book for me was that it took me to the next level. Not many books can do this. As a working coder, I pretty much put things like decompilation into the "too hard, just for academics, and I could never grok it", category. It's great when a book comes along that can can you out of that comfort zone.

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