Several people have asked what situations BCEL is better to use than ASM. Here
are my thoughts:
BCEL is preferred over ASM when:
+ direct access to the constant pool of a class is desired - for constant
pool optimizations, for example
- ASM's API completely hides the constant pool;
- BCEL's API provides full access to the constant pool.
+ an /easy-to-use/ DOM-style API is desired (especially when a class needs
to be /modified/ - not merely read)
- ASM's API does have a DOM-style sub-API.
However, from reading the API documentation (not from personal
experience),
I judge the API to be difficult to use when /modifying/ class
files.
- David
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