What does the jsr keyword mean?

Question

I\'m looking at some Java code, and I\'ve noticed the following:

if (!foo(bar, baz, qux)) {
    i = 0; jsr 433;
}

javac chokes on it, sayin

Answer 1

jsr 433 is not a valid Java statement. It is a VM instruction which stands for "Jump to Sub Routine" (See the VM Spec for more information). The decompiler inserted it because it didn't understand the bytecode instruction (perhaps it was obfuscated) and so couldn't decompile it into valid Java source.