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A compilation unit in a Java program contains classes and/or interfaces. The Java compiler compiles each class or interface into a class file, which is represented in a platform-independent binary format. A Java runtime system loads a class from the class file when it needs the class. It executes instructions in compiled methods loaded from class files.
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T. Lindholm and F. Yellin. The Java Virtual Machine Specification. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1997.
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Li, L. (1998). Java Virtual Machine. In: Java: Data Structures and Programming. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95851-9_5
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