A python module for unpacking and inspecting Java Class files, JARs, and collections of either.

It can do deep checking of classes to perform comparisons of functionality, and output reports in multiple formats.

• python-javatools on GitHub
• javatools on PyPI

If you have suggestions, please use the issue tracker on github. Or heck, just fork it!

Please see issue #3 and leave a comment with your thoughts on switching from distutils to setuptools. You can preview the change in the setuptools branch.

• Python 2.6 or later (no support for Python 3)
• Cheetah
• PyXML

All of these packages are available from PyPI, most major Linux distributions, and via MacPorts.

• pylint - If installed you may invoke python setup.py pylint to get an overview report and a detailed summary written to the build dir.

This module uses distutils, so simply run python setup.py install

If you'd prefer to build an RPM, see the wiki entry for Building as an RPM

• classinfo - similar to the javap utility included with most JVMs. Also does provides/requires tracking.

• classdiff - attempts to find differences between two Java class files

• jarinfo - prints information about a JAR. Also does provides/requires tracking.

• jardiff - prints the deltas between the contents of a JAR, and runs classdiff on differing Java class files contained in the JARs

• manifest - creates and verifies class checksum manifests (needs work)

• distinfo - prints information about a mixed multi-jar/class distribution, such as provides/requires lists.

• distdiff - attempts to find differences between two distributions, deep-checking any JARs or Java class files found in either directory.

• Oracle's Java Virtual Machine Specification Chapter 4 "The class File Format"

• Java Archive (JAR) Files

Christopher O'Brien obriencj@gmail.com

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.