OpenJDK proposal would replace ASM with an up-to-date and performant API for parsing, generating, and transforming Java class files.

My examples have been written and built in Java SE 7, but I avoid using Java SE 7’s Files class and so don’t need to fully scope Guava’s same-named class. File Creation ...

Generally, Java compilers are run and pointed to a programmer's code in a text file to produce a class file for use by the JVM on different platforms. Jikes, for example, is an open source compiler ...

Since I have done most of my coding for classes (and almost exclusively in Java), I have always just run my programs through the compiler and never had to worry about actually setting it up to run ...

Learn how a Java JAR file (Java Archive) allows you to package compiled code and other resources in a single file that is easily deployed and executed resources.