Looking for a program similar to "strip"

[Robert Dodier]

Hello,

There is a Unix program called strip which removes debugging info and
other stuff from executables to make them smaller.
I wonder if there is a similar program for Java jars or class files.
Thanks for any light you can shed on this question.

Robert Dodier

 

[Joshua Cranmer]

Hello,

There is a Unix program called strip which removes debugging info and
other stuff from executables to make them smaller.
I wonder if there is a similar program for Java jars or class files.
Thanks for any light you can shed on this question.

Robert Dodier

Google for obfuscators. There are tons of them.

 

[PP]

Hello,

There is a Unix program called strip which removes debugging info and
other stuff from executables to make them smaller.
I wonder if there is a similar program for Java jars or class files.
Thanks for any light you can shed on this question.

Robert Dodier

You can try to use Jakarta BCEL to write your own strip.

 

[Robert Dodier]

Google for obfuscators. There are tons of them.

Thanks for the tip.
I've downloaded one called ProGuard (http://proguard.sourceforge.net)
which is free (as in free beer & free speech). I'll give it a try.

Robert Dodier