What really happens on inheritance in Java?

Suppose I have two classes Parent and Child, and Child inherits from Parent. I have three methods in Parent, out of which two are public and one is private.

Normally we say that all the non-private methods are inherited into the Child class, but I'm confused about exactly what happens. Does Java make a copy of the methods in the Child class, or does it use some kind of reference to maintain the relationship?

class Parent{
    // Private method
    private void method1(){
        System.out.println("In private method of Parent class");
    }
    void method2(){
    // calling private method
        method1();
    }
    void method3(){
    // calling private method
        method1();
    }
}

class Child extends Parent{

}

class MainClass{
   public static void main(String[] args){
       Child child = new Child();
       // calling non-private method which internally calls the private method
       child.method2();
   }
}

via Chebli Mohamed