The javap command disassembles a class file. Its output depends on
the options used. If no options are used, javap prints out the package,
protected, and public fields and methods of the classes passed to it.
javap prints its output to stdout. For example, compile the
following class declaration:
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class DocFooter extends Applet {
String date;
String email;
public void init() {
resize(500,100);
date = getParameter("LAST_UPDATED");
email = getParameter("EMAIL");
}
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.drawString(date + " by ",100, 15);
g.drawString(email,290,15);
}
}
The output from javap DocFooter yields:
Compiled from DocFooter.java
public class DocFooter extends java.applet.Applet {
java.lang.String date;
java.lang.String email;
public DocFooter();
public void init();
public void paint(java.awt.Graphics);
}
Prints out disassembled code, i.e., the instructions that comprise the
Java bytecodes, for each of the methods in the class. These are documented
in the Java Virtual Machine
Specification.
-verbose
Prints stack size, number of locals and args for
methods.
-classpath path
Specifies the path javap uses to look up classes. Overrides the default
or the CLASSPATH environment variable if it is set. Directories are
separated by
colons. Thus the general format for path is:
.:<your_path>
For example:
.:/home/avh/classes:/usr/local/java/classes
-bootclasspath path
Specifies path from which to load bootstrap classes. By default,
the bootstrap classes are the classes implementing the core Java 2platform located in jre/lib/rt.jar and jre/lib/i18n.jar.
-extdirs dirs
Overrides location at which installed extensions are searched for.
The default location for extensions is jre/lib/ext.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
CLASSPATH
Used to provide the system a path to user-defined classes. Directories are
separated by colons, for example,
For example: