1<html> 2<body> 3The Javassist Core API. 4 5<p>Javassist (<i>Java</i> programming <i>assist</i>ant) makes bytecode 6engineering simple. It is a class library for editing 7bytecode in Java; it enables Java programs to define a new class at 8runtime and to modify a given class file when the JVM loads it. 9 10<p>The most significant class of this package is <code>CtClass</code>. 11See the description of this class first. 12 13<p>To know the version number of this package, type the following command: 14 15<ul><pre> 16java -jar javassist.jar 17</pre></ul> 18 19<p>It prints the version number on the console. 20 21</body> 22</html> 23