Java Compiler/VM Software and Tools

This web page lists tools that are primarily of interest to people writing Java compilers, optimizers, interpreters, and related software. It is directly adapted from Bill Pugh's Java resources page.

Java Specification

• Java Spec Report

Parametric Polymorphism in Java

• GJ - Generic Java

Full Java Systems

• Kaffe at Transvirtual
• CACAO
• Japhar

Front End Tools (Parsers, ...)

• JavaCup - Java LALR parser generator
• Regular expressions in Java
• JavaCC - Java Compiler Compiler
• resource list maintained by JavaCC team

Classfile assemblers, disassemblers, ...

• SourceGuard, Jas and More
• D-Java - java disassembler
• Jasime - Java bytecode assembler
• D-Java disassembler
• Java Code Engineering links
• Classfile Reader and Writer

Byte code manipulating tools

• JavaClass - package for manipulating Java Class files
• BIT: Bytecode Instrumenting Tool
• JOIE: The Java Object Instrumentation Environment
• Digital JTrek

Compiler Frameworks

• Soot: a Java Bytecode Analysis and Transformation Framework

Libraries

• Gnu Classpath

Benchmarks

• Spec JVM98

Links

• Digital Cat's Java resources: development tools

Miscellaneous

• Javanauts at University of Alabama in Huntsville