This illustration shows the hierarchy of components that exist when using Oracle8i Java. The hierarchy consists of the following components from the top component - the Java application - to the bottom component - the operating system.

• Java server applications
• Oracle-supported Java APIs: EJB, CORBA, SQLJ, JSP, JDBC, JNDI, and Servlets.
• Java core class libraries
• Oracle database JVM
• Oracle database libraries
• Operating system