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Java on Solaris 7 Developer's Guide

Preface

The Java On Solaris 7 Developer's Guide gives JavaTMdevelopers information about using Java in the SolarisTM 2.6 and Solaris 7 environments. This information includes overviews and descriptions of the important components of Java on Solaris software, their benefits for developers, and how to use Java on Solaris software to get the best application performance. In addition, this document covers compatibility issues.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended primarily for these audiences:

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, "Introduction", is an overview of subjects covered in this book.

Chapter 2, "Multithreading", discusses the basics of multithreading, and the benefits of using the native-threaded Java Virtual Machine (JVM) on Solaris.

Chapter 3, "The Java Programming Environment", describes this environment with information specific to using Java on multithreaded Solaris.

Chapter 4, "Deprecated Methods", lists those methods that have been deprecated as of Java Development Kit (JDKTM 1.1).

Chapter 5, "Application Performance Tuning", describes ways in which Java developers can increase their applications' performance.

Related Documentation

For up-to-date information about Java on Solaris software, refer to

www.sun.com/solaris/java

For information about Java coding style, see

dp-websvr.eng.sun.com/products/jpt/

Ordering Sun Documents

The SunDocsSM program provides more than 250 manuals from Sun MicrosystemsTM. If you live in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Japan, you can purchase documentation sets or individual manuals using this program.

For a list of documents and how to order them, see the catalog section of SunExpressTM Internet site at http://www.sun.com/sunexpress.

What Typographic Changes Mean

Table P-1 describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output 

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% You have mail.

 

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output 

 

machine_name% su


Password:

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder: 

replace with a real name or value 

To delete a file, type rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized 

Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

Table P-2 shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 

C shell prompt 

machine_name%

C shell superuser prompt 

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt 

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt 

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