What's on the CD?

The CD that accompanies this book contains a number of things:

The sample code

All of the samples contained in Chapters 2, 4, 7, and 9 are on the CD both as source Java and as compiled class files. There is also the DumpConstantPool application which we used to examine the applet files in Chapter 4.

The book itself in HTML

The complete book is on the CD in HTML format so that you can read it using your browser (because "you can't grep a tree").

Some useful links

There is a table of HTML links to Java and security Web sites which we found useful while creating the book.

VisualAge for Java Entry

VisualAge for Java is IBM's award-winning visual application builder environment. We have included the Entry version for Windows (95 or NT) on the CD. This has all of the function of the full professional product, except that it is limited to creating a maximum of 100 new classes.

NetREXX

REXX is a programming language used widely in IBM mainframe environments and OS/2. It offers powerful facilities, particularly in the area of data parsing, but at the same time it is very user-friendly. NetREXX is a version of REXX that incorporates object-oriented constructions and which can be used to generate Java source code or bytecode.

How to Access the CD

To access the contents of the CD, simply point your Web browser at file index.htm in the CD root directory and follow the links you find there.