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Good new Java Decompiler (JAD replacement)

843810Apr 19 2005 — edited Dec 15 2009
I know JAD is best known and most used java decompiler, but recently I have experienced has some trouble with classes compiled with JDK 1.4, it produces output with some strange things that can recompiled. It is no surprise since last version is almost four years old.

So my question is, is there any new modern java decompiler able to handle classes compiled by JDK 1.4 (or even by JDK 5, which is spreading quickly)?

I found the following:
JReversePro 1.4.1 (last release 3 years old, still in alpha)
Ahpah SourceAgain (commercial, no demo, they declare compatibility up to JDK 1.3)
JODE (latest release only 14 months old, having not tried looks most promising)

Has anybody some experience with them or some other recommendation?

It looks like that something stopped developement of java decompilers.
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