Question

Can you extract source from tomcat application? The webapp is not deployed as a .war file, it’s a bunch of directories, xmls, configurations, .class files, .jars and stuff.

Answer 1

Your comments to Paul Tomblin indicate you already have access to the server. As he said, if you didn’t upload the source to start with (which is normal), you can’t get it off the server. However, there are a couple of things to note:

• Unless you compiled your JSPs prior to uploading, they will contain their own source code and you can download them for use in another project or whatever it is you’re trying to do
• If you’re desperate, you can decompile the .class files using something like JD (http://java.decompiler.free.fr). The decompiled code will not include comments and is not always spot-on, but it will get you much further than you are now.