Purpose

Audience

Scope

How This Book Is Organized

It begins with an introductory chapter. Each chapter after that covers a type of interface, including classes, representation types, macros, user-supplied functions, and the C library interface.

Within each chapter, material is organized alphabetically.

Topic	Location
Database services	Chapter 1, Introduction
The C++ API for ObjectStore collections, queries, and indexes	Chapter 2, Collection, Query, and Index Classes
Representation types	Chapter 3, Representation Types
System-supplied macros User-defined functions	Chapter 4, Macros and User-Defined Functions
C library interface	Chapter 5, C Library Interface
Exceptions	Appendix, Predefined TIX Exceptions

Notation Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention	Meaning
Bold	Bold typeface indicates user input or code.
Sans serif	Sans serif typeface indicates system output.
Italic sans serif	Italic sans serif typeface indicates a variable for which you must supply a value. This most often appears in a syntax line or table.
Italic serif	In text, italic serif typeface indicates the first use of an important term.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional arguments.
{ a | b | c }	Braces enclose two or more items. You can specify only one of the enclosed items. Vertical bars represent OR separators. For example, you can specify a or b or c.
...	Three consecutive periods indicate that you can repeat the immediately previous item. In examples, they also indicate omissions.
	Indicates that the operating system named inside the circle supports or does not support the feature being discussed.

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