Decompile class, amend and re-add to ear

Question

I have an Ear file. I took a Java class file out, decompiled it and edited it.

I now want to recompile the new Java source file and re-add the resulting class file to my new Ear.

When I tried to recompile the new Java source file, the compiler complained about unrecognised classes, imports etc. I expected this.

My question is, can I recompile this new class and add it to my new Ear?

I have done something similar, but instead of a single class I decompile the whole package and modify the class I needed, and then re-package. Also make sure you have all dependencies in your classpath — Omar Mainegra, Sep 09 '13 at 14:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '13 at 14:44

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Perhaps the classes needed are also in the EAR. If not, you need to create stubs for all the classes, it needs.

answered Sep 09 '13 at 14:44

Peter Lawrey

Should I put the entire Ear file on the classpath when compiling then? – TheCoder Sep 09 '13 at 15:32
@heyya99 the compiler won't look at jar file inside an EAR. You need to include the JAR files on the class path. – Peter Lawrey Sep 09 '13 at 15:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2013-09-10T12:05:12.860

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Yes, you'll need to add all the dependencies to the classpath

edited Sep 10 '13 at 12:05

answered Sep 09 '13 at 14:44

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 07:17

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I abandoned the idea of decompile, recompile and readd. I rebuilt the entire Ear from scratch.

answered Sep 11 '13 at 07:17

TheCoder

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