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Binary Internals Viewer
An application to show binary file internals visually & interactively for the meaning of every bit.
Supported Formats
Sample
- Here is a screen shot opening
java.lang.String.class
file
Download
- Download Application: https://github.com/amosshi/binaryinternals/releases
User guide
- We need the
java
command to run this tooljava -jar BinaryInternalsViewer-3.6-timestamp.jar
- Where
timestamp
is the auto-generated build timestamp
- Where
- Menu item:
File
>Open...
- Choose the binary file to view
Build the Source Code
- Prerequisite
- Java Version:
OpenJDK version 11
or higher - Set
JAVA_HOME
environment variable- If not set use the export statements in the
build.sh
script
- If not set use the export statements in the
- Build Tool:
Apache Maven 3.6
or higher: because we are using the Maven CI Friendly Versions${revision}
feature
- Java Version:
- Build
- Build via maven command
mvn clean
mvn package
mvn install
mvn site:site
mvn site:stage
- Build with Script
./build.sh
(Linux/MacOS/Windows Git Bash)build.cmd
(Windows CMD)
- Build via maven command
Structure
- This application does not have 3rd party dependency other than JDK, easy to add it to your existing project
- Show dependency tree for this project
mvn dependency:tree
- Graph of all dependencies aggregated
- Make sure Graphviz has been installed,
dot
command is available mvn com.github.ferstl:depgraph-maven-plugin:aggregate -DcreateImage -Dincludes=org.binaryinternals -DshowGroupIds -DshowVersions -DoutputDirectory=docs
- Make sure Graphviz has been installed,
Legacy note
- The original
Java Class Viewer
has been retired and merged intoBinary Internals Viewer
since Apr 2021
Standalone Libs
The FormatXXXX.jar
files can be used in your project when needed.