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I'm trying to understand better how jvm works, and I was trying to find the main function that really interested me - the JNI_CreateJavaVM function. I wonder how it parses java bytecode, but I can't find where's the function defined anywhere.

I searched in github repository but I can't find it anywhere, there's so much folders. I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in hotspot though.

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I'd look at openjdk on Github first and search for this function. Depending on the platform you're interested in, you'll find the right implementation. This would be the Windows implementation.

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  • Yes, that's exactly where I was looking. I'm looking for implementation on windows. There'a file called jvm.dll which jli.dll uses to create a java virtual machine, but it just exports it from the dll. I am not really familiar with github, so I don't really understand how this search function works. I searched my function in different folders but never could find it.
    – stavratum
    Commented Jun 28 at 12:16
  • @stavratum Is this what you're looking for? github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/…
    – Silviu Burcea
    Commented Jun 28 at 12:27
  • Yes! Thank you so much
    – stavratum
    Commented Jun 28 at 12:29
  • @stavratum if it helped, consider accepting my answer
    – Silviu Burcea
    Commented Jul 1 at 7:15

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