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Install Notes
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The example code requires the J2EE 1.4 SDK (aka J2EE 1.4 Reference
Implementation aka Sun Java System Application Server PE 8.1), 
which you can download freely from Sun's website at 
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/download.html#sdk. Download and install 
this software before you begin working with the examples.

All database code is configured for the PointBase database included
with that AppServer. We suggest you compile and run the examples on RI
first, before attempting to port the examples to a different
platform or database.

To setup the build environment, you need to edit the common.properties
file in /etc to match you own system, in particular the installation
directories of your AppServer and the host name and port number that
your app server listens on (the port should be okay unless you
selected non-default ports during installation).

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How the examples are organized
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All examples contain build scripts (build.xml) for Asant. Asant 
is ant variant that comes with the J2EE 1.4 SDK. All build files
include etc/common.xml, which in turn includes common.properties that
you had to edit. Each example directory contains a Readme.txt file 
that describes steps for building and running the exmaple.

Good luck and have fun.