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[[Image:Apple Java file.png|right|Java class icon from Mac OS X.]]
The [[Java programming language|Java]] source files (.java files) get compiled into .class files. Since Java is a [[platform-independent]] language, it compiles its sources into [[Byte-code|bytecode]], which it stores in a .class file. If the source code has more than one class, each class is compiled into a separate .class file. These .class files can be loaded by any [[Java Virtual Machine]] (JVM).
Since JVMs are available for many [[platform (computing)|platform]]s, the .class file compiled in one platform will execute in a JVM of another platform. This makes Java platform-independent.
[[As of 2006]], the modification of the class file format is being considered under [[Java Specification Request]] (JSR) 202.
== Trivia ==
Class files are identified by the following 4 [[byte]] [[header (information technology)|header]] (in [[hexadecimal]]): <code>CA FE BA BE</code>.
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== References ==
* James Gosling private communication to Bill Bumgarner: http://bbum.pycs.net/2003/01/28.html
== External links ==
* [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=202 JSR 202] Java Class File Specification Update
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