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Byte Code Engineering Library
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<h2 id="uses">Uses</h2> <p>BCEL provides a simple library that exposes the internal aggregate components of a given Java class through its API as object constructs (as opposed to the disassembly of the lower-level opcodes). These objects also expose operations for modifying the binary bytecode, as well as generating new bytecode (via injection of new code into the existing code, or through generation of new classes altogether.) The BCEL library has been used in several diverse applications, such as: </p> <ul><li>Java Bytecode Decompiling, Obfuscation, and Refactoring</li> <li>Performance and Profiling</li></ul> Instrumentation calls that capture performance metrics can be injected into Java class binaries to examine memory/coverage data. (For example, injecting instrumentation at entry/exit points.) <ul><li>Implementation of New Language Semantics</li></ul> For example, <a href="/facts/Aspect_oriented_programming/HK7CFwan">Aspect-Oriented</a> additions to the Java language have been implemented by using BCEL to decompose class structures for point-cut identification, and then again when reconstituting the class by injecting aspect-related code back into the binary. (See: <a href="/facts/AspectJ/0ctawTQj">AspectJ</a>) <ul><li><a href="/facts/Static_code_analysis/b56nr6QM">Static code analysis</a></li></ul> <a href="/facts/FindBugs/XpckAPDp">FindBugs</a> uses BCEL to analyze Java bytecode for code idioms which indicate bugs. <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li><li>Computer programming portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/ObjectWeb_ASM/9BDbkYlH">ObjectWeb ASM</a></li> <li>Javassist</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bcel/">Official website</a> <ul><li><a href="https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bcel/projects.html">BCEL-Based Project Listing</a> - A listing of projects that make use of the BCEL Library.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="https://jakarta.apache.org/">Apache Jakarta Home</a> - The Apache Jakarta Home Page.</li> <li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/">AspectJ</a> - The AspectJ Project Home Page. (One of the high-visibility projects that makes use of BCEL.)</li></ul>