installing jad plugin in eclipse

Integrated Java Decompiler (Jad) with Eclipse

See following steps to integrate Java Decompiler (Jad) with Eclipse IDE.

1. Download Jad

Download the Jad executable file.

Official Jad website seem not working any more, try mirror download links instead.
Jad Official website

1. http://www.kpdus.com/jad.html

Jad mirror download

1. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/Debuggers-Decompilers-Dissasemblers/JAD.shtml
2. http://www.varaneckas.com/jad

2. Download Jad Eclipse plugin

Download the Jad Eclipse plugin named “Jabclipse (net.sf.jadclipse_x.x.x.jar)”
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jadclipse/

3. Copy it to Eclipse plugin folder

Copy the downloaded Jad Eclipse plugin – Jabclipse(jadclipse_x.x.x.jar) to Eclipse plugin folder.
For example,

D:\eclipse\plugins\net.sf.jadclipse_3.3.0.jar

P.S No need to extract it, just copy the whole jar file.

4. Restart Eclipse

Restart Eclipse to make the plugin take effect.

5. Configure Jadclipse in Eclipse

In Eclipse, Click Window –> Preference –> Java –> Jadclipse , Key in Jad’s path in “Path to Decompiler” field

6. Done