Purpose

This publication's companion volume, the ObjectStore Advanced C++ API User Guide, provides descriptions of the more complex features in ObjectStore.

Audience

Scope

How This Book Is Organized

In contrast to the ObjectStore C++ API Reference and ObjectStore Collections C++ API Reference manuals, both of which are organized alphabetically, the two ObjectStore user guides are organized functionally. This manual, the ObjectStore C++ API User Guide, describes fundamental functions and macros. The ObjectStore Advanced C++ API User Guide contains advanced features; it also organizes the ObjectStore API into groups of related functions and macros.

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.

ObjectStore C++ Release 5.1 Documentation

Your use of ObjectStore documentation depends on your role and level of experience with ObjectStore. You can find an overview description of each book in the ObjectStore documentation set at URL http://www.objectdesign.com. Select Products and then select Product Documentation to view these descriptions.

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ObjectStore Release 5.1 for all platforms, March 1998

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