Parent Delegation Model

Key model to understand JVM architecture.

Java Class Loaders — Delegation Hierarchy Principle

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To see classes present in lib/modules :

1. open cmd in any director other than location of modules, say `D:`
2. execute D:\> “C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17\bin\jimage.exe” extract — dir C:\extracted_modules “C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17\lib\modules”

[lib/modules]
   │
   ├──> java.base module ──────────────> Loaded by: Bootstrap ClassLoader
   │
   ├──> java.sql module ┐
   ├──> java.xml module ├──────────────> Loaded by: Platform ClassLoader
   └──> java.rmi module ┘