InterClient Programmer's Guide

Preface

This section explains the scope of this document, what you need to know to use InterClient, and where to get more information.

About This Document

Borland's InterClient product allows developers to create Java applications and applets that communicate with an InterBase database over a WAN or LAN. This document, the InterClient Programmer's Guide, helps developers accomplish this by explaining how to use the InterClient applications programming interface (API) to develop, deploy, and troubleshoot InterClient-based programs. It describes how to perform common client/server tasks using InterClient, and provides access to descriptions, syntax, and usage of all InterClient classes and methods.

This document also describes the InterClient architecture, InterClient's compliance with (and extensions to) Sun's JDBC standard, and other information helpful to developers who are creating Java applets and applications for use with InterClient. It is NOT intended as a complete guide to using the JDBC API and doesn't attempt to present all of the information that is contained in the JDBC specification. Instead, it highlights the unique features of InterClient and provides an introduction to basic database operations using the JDBC API. In summary, the InterClient Programmer's Guide includes the following:

Conceptual information describing the InterClient architecture
Task-oriented information describing how to implement commonly-performed database interactions using InterClient

The InterClient Programmer's Guide will not describe any installation and configuration issues. For this information, consult the Readme.txt file included with your InterClient package. All InterClient classes and method references are also included with the InterClient package.

What You Need to Know to Use InterClient

This document explains InterClient and how to use the InterClient API; it isn't an "InterBase User's Guide," and it doesn't provide tutorials on SQL, client/server development, object-oriented programming, or the Java language. We're assuming that you are familiar with the following:

The JDBC API specification
RDBMS concepts and database design
Client/server development environment
The Java programming language

Where to Find More Information

For detailed information on how to use the JDBC API, consult the java.sql library reference pages included in the Java JDK documentation distribution.
For information on RDBMS concepts, the SQL language, and InterBase, see the Borland InterBase Workgroup Server documentation set.
For detailed information on the InterClient library API and InterClient class and method extensions to JDBC see Package-interbase.interclient.html
Also see the InterClient Class Hierarchy diagram customHierarchy.html

If you aren't familiar with the Java language, object-oriented programming techniques, or client/server development, there are many excellent third-party tutorials and publications available.