JDC - Java Decompiler Mode for JDEE

JDC recognizes a class file by the standard 4 byte prefix (hex "CAFEBABE") that starts all Java class files, and hooks both find file and archive extract, so you can easily browse decompiled class files from the filesystem or from .jar or .zip files.

It is based on earlier work by Ingo Koch and Craig McGeachie, enhanced by Kevin J. Butler.

It should also (but doesn't, yet) incorporate work done by:

• Kevin A. Burton jde-jode.el to use the free software JODE decompiler
• Nick Heudecker for XEmacs compatibility

And perhaps JDC should itself be incorporated into i3SP

Other errata:

• Possibly better to open the .java file in a split window?
• jdc assumes the byte comes from a .class file on disk and therefore the .java buffer name can be constructed from this. The byte code should be decompiled, and the .java buffer name constructed by parsing the source for the class declaration.
• jdc demands that the decompiler output source code to standard out. This should be made more flexible. There is a flag that, if set, means that the source code is placed in a buffer that is modifable, associated with a Java filename, and marked as modified. The buffer isn't saved, so the Java file isn't written to. The flag should be extended to include a third option to automatically save the reconstructed Java source.
• Some thought is needed, about what to do if the intended Java file already exists.