Programmatically inspect .class files

Question

I\'m working on a project where we\'re doing a lot of remote object transfer between a Java service and clients written in other various languages. Given our current constra

Answer 1

From your description, it sounds like simple reflection would suffice. You can discover all of the static structure of the class, as well as accessing the fields of a particular instance.

I would only move on to BCEL if you are trying to translate method instructions. (And if that's what you're trying to automate, good luck!)