Conventions Used in This Book

The following typographic devices are used:

Italic

Used for filenames, URLs, Java classes, and for new terms when they are defined.

Constant width

Used for code examples, XML elements, and commands.

constant width bold

Indicates user input or lines of particular note in code examples.

constant width italic

Indicates text that should be replaced with user-supplied values.

Tip

Indicates a tip, suggestion, or general note.

Warning

Indicates a warning or caution.

Additionally, the initials SRV with a dotted-decimal number after them refers to the indicated section in the Servlet Specification, Version 2.5. For example, SRV.6.5 refers to Section 6, subsection 5 of the Servlet Specification. Similarly, JSP with a dotted number refers to the given section in the JSP specification. You can download the servlet and JSP specifications from http://java.sun.com/products/servlet and http://java.sun.com/products/jsp, respectively.

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