Conventions Used in This Book
I use the following font conventions in this book:
Italic is used for:
Unix pathnames, filenames, and program names
Internet addresses, such as domain names and URLs
Object names and classes
New terms where they are defined
Constant
width is used for:
Command lines and options that should be typed verbatim
Names and keywords in Java programs, including method names, variable names, and class names
XML element names and tags, attribute names, and other XML constructs that appear as they would within an XML document
Constant
width
bold is used for:
Highlighting emphasized areas in code
EJB names are printed in roman. (An EJB name is not necessarily the name of a class or any other Java object.)
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