Preface

This preface discusses the following topics:

• What This Guide Has to Offer

• Your Comments Are Welcome

What This Guide Has to Offer

This reference book presents the Java packages supplied with Oracle8i. Interfaces, classes, and exceptions are summarized in a table, then each is listed in alphabetical order, with its syntax, a member summary, and an inherited-member summary. This is followed by details about the fields, constructors, and methods.

For more information, Java programmers should see:

• Oracle8i JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference

• Oracle8i Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals

• Oracle8i Application Developer's Guide - Advanced Queuing

• Oracle8i Data Cartridge Developer's Guide.

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