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.

Java Specification

• Java Spec Report

Parametric Polymorphism in Java

• GJ - Generic Java

Full Java Systems

• Kaffe
• LaTTe
• CACAO: a JIT Compiler
• Japhar
• Jikes RVM
• Joeq

Front End Tools (Parsers, ...)

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

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

Bytecode manipulating tools

• JavaClass: package for manipulating Java Class files
• BIT: Bytecode Instrumenting Tool
• JOIE: The Java Object Instrumentation Environment
• Digital JTrek
• JkesBT by IBM
• BCEL : Open Source project
• Javassist : Load time bytecode transformer, a subproject of JBoss

Compiler Frameworks

• Soot: a Java Bytecode Analysis and Transformation Framework
• Java Espresso: Java compiler at Boston University

Libraries

• Gnu Classpath

Benchmarks

• Spec JVM98

Links

• Digital Cat's Java resources: development tools

Miscellaneous

• Javanauts at University of Alabama in Huntsville