Java, Jad Class Files, Decompiling, decoding Java Files

When we find a .jar file this file can be easily read with a few steps.

Firstly, the jar is compressed so we can decompress it with unzip


test.jar

unzip test.jar

file 1
file 2
file 3.class


If we want to read the .class file easily we can put it into .jad format. WE do this with a tool called
jad


jad file3.class  --> outputs file3.jad

When we cat out this file it will be in human readable format.