Q: If I encrypt my .class files and use a custom classloader to load and decrypt them on the fly, will this prevent decompilation? A: The problem of preventing Java byte-code decompilation is almost ...

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Listing 1. Excerpt from the Java DataInputStream class, showing parts of the byte alignment and ordering code, which are extremely slow. The DataOutputStream implementation has a similar problem.

Have you ever wondered how Java seamlessly combines its primitive data types with object-oriented programming? Enter wrapper classes, an important but often overlooked Java feature. These special ...

Listing 1. Excerpt from the Java DataInputStream class, showing parts of the byte alignment and ordering code, which are extremely slow. The DataOutputStream implementation has a similar problem.