I had problems on several different machines to get the plugin running. Whenever I tried to open a .class file, the standard "Source not found" editor would show, displaying lowlevel bytecode disassembly, not the Java source output you'd expect from a decompiler.
I made the steps 1, 2, 3 and the 7. and I put the folder with the class files in the project build path (right click, properties, java build path, libraries, add class folder, create new folder, advanced>>, link to folder in the file system, browse,...) then restart eclipse.
actually my target is to start from scala source and decompile the corresponding bytecode into a java source. I have done some experiment but for some reason the process produce some problems. Does the plugin you suggested decompile also the JDK 1.5+ bytecodes? (it is the minimal requirements for scala, i think)
That is true David. I have provided a step by step instructions here to install JD-Eclipse, hopefully that will be helpful to some of our fellow programmers.
-to-add-jd-eclipse-plugin-java-decompiler-to-eclipse-juno/
ECD, Enhanced Class Decompiler, so far is the best java class decompiler plugin available for Eclipse and Mule AnyPointStudio. It support JAD, JD, FernFlower, CFE and Procyon. The best of all is that it allows us to debug the code which we don't have source code. For details, please refer to the article here
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