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Goombles YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Translate Java back to PDE format for processing? Apr 18th, 2010, 1:12pm   I am new to processing and I really don't know much about processing/java but if I were to lose an original sketch, would it be possible to translate an executable jar file and/or .class files into (pde compatible) source code as this is all that remains of the project.

martin_p Junior Member Offline Posts: 70 UK	Re: Translate Java back to PDE format for processing? Reply #1 - Apr 18th, 2010, 1:35pm   Essentially the answer is yes, but it probably takes some knowledge of processing.   The annoyances are all the f's after floats (which you don't need to change) and all the public this and that etc.

Goombles YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Re: Translate Java back to PDE format for processing? Reply #2 - Apr 18th, 2010, 2:40pm   Would anyone mind translating the code?

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)

Re: Translate Java back to PDE format for processing? Reply #3 - Apr 19th, 2010, 1:19am   You can translate back .class file to .java files with a decompiler like JD | Java Decompiler. As said, you might have to do some work to convert Java code to Processing code, although most of it can be skipped (ie. f suffix can be kept, having int instead of color doesn't hurt, you get 0xFF4455AA instead of #4455AA, and so on).

andrewowaun Full Member Offline Posts: 202 Barbados	Re: Translate Java back to PDE format for processing? Reply #4 - Apr 19th, 2010, 3:46pm   I found the best decompilar so far is the hard to find JAD I have it and anyone desiring a link or needs it emailed can indicate such

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Translate Java back to PDE format for processing? Reply #5 - Apr 19th, 2010, 9:58pm   JAD is fine, I used it a lot, but it is a bit outdated now, as it doesn't support Java 1.5 syntax (annotations, etc.). But it is a good idea to mention it anyway: both are free, so you can try both and see what output is best.