The following typographical conventions are used within in this manual:

Class names are represented in monospaced font, as are method names. For example: "The KVStoreConfig() constructor returns a KVStoreConfig class object."

Variable or non-literal text is presented in italics. For example: "Go to your KVHOME directory."

Program examples are displayed in a monospaced font on a shaded background. For example:

import oracle.kv.KVStore;
import oracle.kv.KVStoreConfig;  

...

KVStoreConfig kconfig = new KVStoreConfig("exampleStore", 
    "node1.example.org:5088, node2.example.org:4129");
KVStore kvstore = null;

In some situations, programming examples are updated from one chapter to the next. When this occurs, the new code is presented in monospaced bold font. For example:

import oracle.kv.KVStore;
import oracle.kv.KVStoreConfig;  
import oracle.kv.KVStoreFactory;

...

KVStoreConfig kconfig = new KVStoreConfig("exampleStore", 
    "node1.example.org:5088, node2.example.org:4129");
KVStore kvstore = null;

try {
    kvstore = KVStoreFactory.getStore(kconfig);
} catch (FaultException fe) {
    // Some internal error occurred. Either abort your application
    // or retry the operation.
}