JXTA in a Nutshell

Chapter 8. How to Use This Quick Reference

The quick-reference section that follows packs a lot of information into a small space. This introduction explains how to get the most out of that information. It describes how the quick reference is organized and how to read the individual quick-reference entries.

Finding a Quick-Reference Entry

The quick reference is organized into nine chapters. Chapter 9 documents the Java language bindings of the core JXTA platform, Chapter 10 documents the Java language bindings of JXTA’s core security features, and Chapter 11 documents the implementation of many of the interfaces from the jxta.security package. Chapter 12 contains a list of commands available within the JXTA Shell. The remaining chapters (Chapter 13-Chapter 18) contain the specifications of the JXTA platform.

Chapter 9 through Chapter 11 begin with a short introduction to the packages document in those chapters. This is followed by a series of sections, each of which covers one package. Each section begins with an overview of the package. Following this overview are quick-reference entries for all of the public classes and interfaces in the package.

Entries are organized alphabetically by class and package name, so that related classes are grouped near each other. Thus, in order to look up a quick reference entry for a particular class, you must also know the name of the package that contains that class. Usually, the package name is obvious from the context, and you should have ...