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 platform located in jre/lib/rt.jar
and several other jar files.
-extdirs dirs
Overrides location at which installed extensions are
searched for. The default location for extensions is
the value of java.ext.dirs.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
CLASSPATH
Used to provide the system a path to user-defined classes.
Directories are separated by colons, for example, For
example: