Source: diffoscope Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer,
Currently javap is used for .class files, for example: https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/arm64/diffoscope-results/velocity.html https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/arm64/diffoscope-results/aspectj.html https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/arm64/diffoscope-results/jabref.html https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/arm64/diffoscope-results/openjpa.html it will be better (easier to read/understand) to use decompiler instead which return Java code from class files, and use javap as fallback if decompiler tool failed (aborted/exception/etc..) or fail to find difference. in Debian there is package for 'procon-decompiler' Java decompiler: https://packages.debian.org/unstable/procyon-decompiler more FLOSS Java decompilers (might be available in other distros, such as: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?K=java+decompiler ) Krakatau - https://github.com/Storyyeller/Krakatau Candle - https://github.com/bradsdavis/candle-decompiler Fernflower - https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/master/plugins/java-decompiler/engine / https://github.com/fesh0r/fernflower Jadx - https://github.com/skylot/jadx that can be used as fallback to 'procyon-decompiler' (javap need to be used as last effort)
