Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "For instance, the next snippet of code relies on the fetchInto() flavor."

A block of code is set as follows:

// 'query' is the ResultQuery object

List<Office> result = query.fetchInto(Office.class);

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

public List<Office> findOfficesInTerritory(

                                    String territory) {

  List<Office> result = ctx.selectFrom(table("office"))

    .where(field("territory").eq(territory))

    .fetchInto(Office.class); 

  return result;

}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

<result>
 <record>
  <value field="product_line">Vintage Cars</value>
  <value field="product_id">80</value>
  <value field="product_name">1936 Mercedes Benz ...</value>
 </record>
 ...
</result>

Tips or Important Notes

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