C++ Static Libraries

Question

C++ / C#

There is a static library libencode.a, it has a file encode.cpp. Is it possible to get this file from this library?

Answer 1

Libraries *.a do not contain *.cpp, but compiled ones *.o You
can extract them with the ar utility.
For disassembly use http://onlinedisassembler.com/odaweb/ or one of http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Disassembly/Disassemblers_and_Decompilers

Answer 2

Extract source file from compiled binary library? No.

Answer 3

No, .a is an already compiled object module, it is impossible to restore the source code from it. You can try to disassemble with something like Objdump.