Conventions Used in This Book

The following are the conventions used in this book.

Graphics

Many of the graphics in this book depict Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams. The conventions used in these diagrams follow the UML standard. Briefly, Figure P.1 illustrates the arrows and connectors used in standard UML diagrams.

Figure P.1. UML Symbols

Typographic Conventions

Table P.1 describes the typographic conventions used in this book.

Table P.1. Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; interface, class, method, variable, and deployment descriptor element names; programming language keywords	Edit the file AccountBean.java. Uses an AccountHome object. Invokes the method ejbCreate.
AaBcCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read Chapter 2 in EJB 1.1 Specification. This is a stateless session bean. You must be careful when using this option.