How to Rebuild Java from Class File? Use a Decompiler!

I ran into a situation where I couldn't find the latest source for a project I was working on. All I had was the executable jar file which was the latest version. I searched through my computer for the source code but couldn't find it anywhere. I must not have saved the last version or it get accidentally deleted. Then I discovered Java Decompilers and after searching for a few seconds on the web I found jad.exe - a simple decompiler that reads a compiled CLASS file and converts this into a java source file. Granted it is not perfect but through using this I was able to recover the work done and recreate my source file (through using jad as well as winmerge).

You can download jad here.
You can download winmerge here.