This book is designed as a higher-level companion to the API documentation which can be produced directly from the source. In some parts of this documentation it is assumed that you have read the API documentation or at least have it available. A copy of the API documentation should be available at the location from which you obtained this book.

The purpose of this book is to provide prospective and current developers with an overview of how Exemplar is put together. Some low-level implementation details will be discussed here but, for the most part, documentation for low-level details is documented in the code (either with JavaDoc or the code itself).

As with all documentation this book may lag behind the code. If in doubt, trust the code or get help (see How To Get Help for details). If you submit a patch for the code it would be appreciated if you submit a corresponding patch for this documentation. The source for this documentation is available with the source for the program.