Preface

This reference contains the syntax and description for Oracle9i JVM command-line tools.

How This Reference is Organized

This book has the following two chapters:

• Chapter  1, "Tools" describes all of the tools that support Java development within Oracle9i.

• Chapter  2, "Backward Compatibility Tools" describes tools that have been deprecated, but still can be used for existing 8.1.6 Java development.

Documentation Accessibility

Oracle's goal is to make our products, services, and supporting documentation accessible to the disabled community with good usability. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers.

JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the Java code examples in this document. The conventions for writing Java code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

For additional information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program web site at http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/.

Notational Conventions

This guide follows these conventions:

Italic	Italic font denotes terms being defined for the first time, words being emphasized, error messages, and book titles.
Courier	Courier font denotes Java program names, file names, path names, and Internet addresses.

Java code examples follow these conventions:

{ }	Braces enclose a block of statements.
//	A double slash begins a single-line comment, which extends to the end of a line.
/* */	A slash-asterisk and an asterisk-slash delimit a multi-line comment, which can span multiple lines.
...	An ellipsis shows that statements or clauses irrelevant to the discussion were left out.
lower case	Lower case is used for keywords and for one-word names of variables, methods, and packages.
UPPER CASE	Upper case is used for names of constants (static final variables) and for names of supplied classes that map to built-in SQL datatypes.
Mixed Case	Mixed case is used for names of classes and interfaces and for multi-word names of variables, methods, and packages. The names of classes and interfaces begin with an upper-case letter. In all multi-word names, the second and succeeding words also begin with an upper-case letter.