Tools JBpatch - continued

The original project thread is here:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=175512
The original repository is here:
https://bitbucket.org/ixtab/jbpatcher

The repository of this fork of JBpatch is at:
https://bitbucket.org/knc1-admin/jbpatcher/overview

The Serp project on SourceForge appears to be dead, a backup copy of that code, as of 11.23.2016, is at:
https://github.com/janetizzy/serp
And it appears to be updated for Java8 (which is what firmware 5.8.x is using).

The initial goal of re-opening this dead project:

• Update the patching classloader for the 5.8 series firmware, if required (it may not require any changes - not yet tested).
• Update the margins patch.
• Create a patch to take control of OTA updater, once and forever.
  (Mostly because 5.8.5 can **almost** defeat our current OTA blocker.)

Note:
I haven't coded anything in Java for 20 years, help will be require from current Java coders or this project will remain dead. :D