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John, In a striker fired gun, the hammer and mainspring have been eliminated from the frame. Instead, the mainspring has been moved up into the slide and acts on the firing pin directly. Except, now, the firing pin is called a striker. Rather than being hit by a hammer, it does the hitting itself. Glock is an example also.

in then simplest terms it does not have a hammer it has a striker (firing pin) under tension that is released by the trigger some have the trigger full retracted and when the trigger is pull they are released to hit the primer. Some striker fired have the firing pin partially retracted to a middle or in the ready position. The trigger pulls the firing pin back the rest of the way and releases it to fire the gun. the cycling of the gun returns it to that middle position article https://loadoutroom.com/thearmsguide/how-it-works-striker-fired-pistols/