JarInspector on Mac OS X

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There is a tiny little utility that let's you inspect JAR/WAR/EAR files on the Mac OS platform. The software is available here. Install it. To open a JAR, simply right click and chose JarInspector as the application. I personally did not set JarInspector as my default .jar application to let the default JAR launcher kicks in but I have been very close to.

Amongst the useful features:

  • navigate in your jars recursively
  • edit/view files (useful for MANIFEST.MF)
  • decompile a class
  • find a file/class by name

By the way, this utility also opens zip files.

Enjoy.

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