The Java Class File Disassembler ... With a simple class defined in Java source code, I can now use javac with various -g options to compile .class files with correspondingly different debug support.

Compile this source code (javac AnnProcDemo.java). Before you can run the application, you’ll need a suitable class file with @ToDo annotations on its public methods.

Generally, Java compilers are run and pointed to a programmer's code in a text file to produce a class file for use by the JVM on different platforms. Jikes, for example, is an open source compiler ...