The following typographical conventions are used within in this manual:

Class names are represented in monospaced font, as are method names. For example: "The Environment() constructor returns an Environment class object."

Variable or non-literal text is presented in italics. For example: "Go to your DB_INSTALL directory."

Program examples are displayed in a monospaced font on a shaded background. For example:

import com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseConfig;

...

// Allow the database to be created.
DatabaseConfig myDbConfig = new DatabaseConfig();
myDbConfig.setAllowCreate(true);

In some situations, programming examples are updated from one chapter to the next. When this occurs, the new code is presented in monospaced bold font. For example:

import com.sleepycat.db.Database;
import com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseConfig;

...

// Allow the database to be created.
DatabaseConfig myDbConfig = new DatabaseConfig();
myDbConfig.setAllowCreate(true);
Database myDb = new Database("mydb.db", null, myDbConfig);