This section describes what are the commonly used command line options for the Java bytecode class disassembler - 'javap' tool.
"javap": A command line tool that reads Java bytecode class files and disassembles them.
"javap" is distributed as part of the Sun JDK package
and represented by the \j2sdk1.5.0\bin\javap.exe program file.
It has the following syntax:
javap [options] classnames
where "options" is a list of options and "classnames" is a list of Java classe names.
If you want to see the complete list of all options, you can run the "javap"
command with the "-help" option:
C:\herong>javap -help
Usage: javap <options> <classes>...
where options include:
-c Disassemble the code
-classpath <pathlist> Specify where to find user class files
-extdirs <dirs> Override location of installed extensions
-help Print this usage message
-J<flag> Pass <flag> directly to the runtime system
-l Print line number and local variable tables
-public Show only public classes and members
-protected Show protected/public classes and members
-package Show package/protected/public classes
and members (default)
-private Show all classes and members
-s Print internal type signatures
-bootclasspath <pathlist> Override location of class files loaded
by the bootstrap class loader
-verbose Print stack size, number of locals and args
for methods. If verifying, print reasons
