Code obfuscating

[ohaak]

Is someone in here having a hint to the topic below ?


We are looking for a way to secure our java application from unauthorized decompilation. Code obfuscater seem to be the right tool here but so far we haven't found a way to integrate them into our development process which includes a generating .XML-files from tags in the java code which are useless after obfuscating the code. Does anybody has experience in this topic and can give us some hints or a pointer to more information ?

Thanks in advance
Olive

[jonlee]

If you have a flexible build process, do your obfuscation as the last step. We use ant, and the obfuscator is the final stage for production packaging. Besides, you mostly want an unobfuscated version for quality tests so you want the option of applying or not applying the obfuscator.