#Plume Java Bytecode Assembler

Generates Java .class files from plain text class file descriptors (using an assembly-like language) or directly from Java code (like ASM).

.pjb Snippet

@ Add two ints
.class org/isk/pjba/sample/Adder
  .method add(II)I
    iload_0   @ Push to the stack the local variable at index 0
    iload_1   @ Push to the stack the local variable at index 1
    iadd      @ Pop and add the two elements at the top of the stack, and push the result to the stack
    ireturn   @ Return the top of the stack
  .methodend
.classend

Setup

Java 8 and Maven need to be installed and accessible from a command line:

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_66"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_66-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.66-b17, mixed mode)

$ mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.3.3
...

Both must be added to your PATH, and JAVA_HOME and MAVEN_HOME environment variables must be set.

Compile, Test and Generate the JavaDoc

$ mvn clean install #...

Note: The maven-javadoc-plugin goal aggregate is attached to the phase install.