Jvm implementation

Question

does jvm translate the java class byte code into assembly code?

Answer 1

Java Virtual Machine
The Java Virtual Machine is key to the independence of the underlying operating system and hardware-it is a platform that hides the underlying operating system from Java-powered applets and applications. And it's very easy to port the Virtual Machine to a browser or another operating system.
In addition, the Virtual Machine defines a machine-independent format for binary files called the class (.class) file format. This format includes instructions for a virtual computer in the form of bytecodes. The bytecode representation of any Java Language program is symbolic in the sense that offsets and indexes into methods are not constants, but are, instead, given symbolically as string names. The first time a method is called, it is searched by name in the class file format, and its offset numeric value is determined at that time for quicker access at subsequent lookups. Therefore, any new or overriding method can be introduced late at runtime anywhere in the class structure, and it will be referred to symbolically, and properly accessed without breaking the code.
The bytecodes are a high-level representation of the program so that optimization and machine code generation (via a just-in-time compiler) can be performed at that level. In addition, garbage collection can occur inside the Virtual Machine, since it holds variables in stacks in the Java Platform address space.