Direct execution of Java byte code is possible thanks to a Java extension to the ARM processor core by ARM Ltd., Cambridge, England. Known as Jazelle, the new Java acceleration feature initially ...

For example, as a post-compilation step you could massage the .class data to make the byte code either harder to read when decompiled or harder to decompile into valid Java code (or both).

A Java system is complicated, expensive and difficult to modify for portable connected devices because it is software-centric. It's not easy to design hardware technology to execute in a Java ...