Preface

This guide describes how to use Oracle interMedia Audio, Image, and Video Java Classes.

Audience

This guide is for developers or database administrators who are interested in storing, retrieving, and manipulating audio, image, and video data in an Oracle database, including developers of audio, image, or video specialization applications. Users of this guide should have experience with Java and JDBC.

Organization

This guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:

Chapter 1	Contains a general introduction.
Chapter 2	Contains information on the examples included with the Java Classes installation.
Chapter 3	Contains reference information on the OrdAudio class.
Chapter 4	Contains reference information on the OrdImage class.
Chapter 5	Contains reference information on the OrdVideo class.
Appendix A	Contains information on running the sample files included with the Java Classes.
Appendix B	Contains information on possible exceptions and errors.
Appendix C	Contains information on methods that have been deprecated since the previous release.

Related Documents

This guide is not intended as a standalone document. It is a supplement to Oracle8i interMedia Audio, Image, and Video User's Guide and Reference. You need both guides to successfully perform operations on interMedia objects using the Java interface to this product.

For more information about using these data options in a development environment, see the following documents in the Oracle8i documentation set:

• Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

• Oracle8i Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals

• Oracle8i Concepts

• PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference

For more information on using JDBC, see Oracle8i JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference.

Conventions

In this guide, Oracle interMedia Audio, Image, and Video Java Classes is sometimes referred to as interMedia Java Classes. Oracle interMedia Audio, Image and Video is sometimes referred to as interMedia.

In examples, an implied carriage return occurs at the end of each line, unless otherwise noted. You must press the Return key at the end of a line of input.

The following conventions are also used in this guide:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted.
...	Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted.
boldface text	Boldface text indicates a term defined in the text. In code examples, a boldface number in brackets (for example, [1]) indicates that particular code will be described in more detail in the subsequent numbered list.
italic text	Italic text is used for emphasis and for book titles.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.