Conventions Used in This Book

Italic

Used for pathnames, filenames, program names, compilers, and options, new terms where they are defined, and Internet addresses such as domain names and URLs.

Constant width

Used for anything that appears literally in a JSP page or a Java program, including keywords, data types, constants, method names, variables, class names, interface names, and commands, all JSP and Java code listings, and HTML documents, tags, and attributes.

Constant width italic

Used for general placeholders that indicate that an item is replaced by some actual value in your own program.

Constant width bold

Used for text that is typed in code examples by the user.

This icon designates a note, which is an important aside to the nearby text.

This icon designates a warning relating to the nearby text.