Format of a Typical Chapter
Most of the chapters in this book follow a standard structure. For example, the chapter "Endpoints" contains these sections:
The chapters that cover AppleTalk and TCP/IP protocols include a subsection that describes the protocol-specific information for certain general Open Transport functions. For example, the chapter "TCP/IP Services" includes the following section:
- "About Endpoints." This section presents a general introduction to endpoints and endpoint providers.
- "Using Endpoints." This section provides an overview of the features provided by Open Transport for endpoints.
- "Endpoints Reference." This section provides a complete reference for the endpoints and endpoint providers by describing the data types, constants, and functions they use. Each function description also follows a standard format, which presents the function declaration followed by a description of each of its parameters.
- "Using General Open Transport Functions With TCP/IP." This section describes any special considerations that must be taken into account for general endpoint and mapper Open Transport functions when using them with the Open Transport TCP/IP implementation.