Where will the object be created in java

Question

Below is a question that was raised by one of my friends during a discussion but both of us didn't know what the actual answer is.

public class Test {
static int i = 5;
static String str = "Welcome";
static Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
}

In the object code, when JVM instance is created and it goes to create all three objects, where does it creates it

- Inside memory/metadata area
- Inside heap area

We know that memory area holds all data related to class(including static references) and heap area holds all instance variables of a class.

But for the class above

- int variable is created(We assume that it will be created in method area
- Not sure about the other two object(String and HashMap)

Correct us if we have misunderstood anything and help us in understanding how these variable will be store in java

Answer 1

For the Oracle JVM, there is a special object for each class to hold it's static fields. You can see this special object if you do a heap dump.

NOTE: There is no specification of where static members are stored, so it could be anywhere based on the JVM.