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<dt>
<span class="preface">
<a href="preface.html">Preface</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="preface.html#conventions">Conventions Used in this Book</a>
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<dt>
<span class="chapter">
<a href="intro.html">1.
Introduction
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="intro.html#features">Features</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="developing.html">Developing a DB Collections Application</a>
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<a href="tutorialintroduction.html">Tutorial Introduction</a>
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<a href="BasicProgram.html">2.
The Basic Program
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="BasicProgram.html#keyandvalueclasses">
Defining Serialized Key and Value Classes
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<a href="opendbenvironment.html">
Opening and Closing the Database Environment
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Opening and Closing the Class Catalog
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="opendatabases.html">
Opening and Closing Databases
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="createbindingscollections.html">
Creating Bindings and Collections
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<a href="implementingmain.html">
Implementing the Main Program
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Using Transactions
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Adding Database Items
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Retrieving Database Items
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Handling Exceptions
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Using Secondary Indices
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Opening Secondary Key Indices
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<span>More Secondary Key Indices</span>
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Creating Indexed Collections
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Retrieving Items by Index Key
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Using Entity Classes
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Defining Entity Classes
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Creating Entity Bindings
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Creating Collections with Entity Bindings
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Using Entities with Collections
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Using Tuples
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Using the Tuple Format
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Using Tuples with Key Creators
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Creating Tuple Key Bindings
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Creating Tuple-Serial Entity Bindings
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Using Sorted Collections
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Using Serializable Entities
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Using Transient Fields in an Entity Class
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Using Transient Fields in an Entity Binding
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Removing the Redundant Value Classes
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Summary
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API Notes and Details
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Using Data Bindings
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Selecting Binding Formats
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Selecting Data Bindings
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Implementing Bindings
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Using Bindings
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Secondary Key Creators
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Using the DB Java Collections API
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Using Transactions
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Transaction Rollback
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Access Method Restrictions
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Using Stored Collections
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Stored Collection and Access Methods
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Stored Collections Versus Standard Java Collections
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Other Stored Collection Characteristics
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Why Java Collections for Berkeley DB
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Serialized Object Storage
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