The Conventions used for Java UNO

Some conventions are used throught the implementations and documentations of Java UNO. This conventions should help to navigate throught and to understand Java UNO.

Methods and members which belong to the supported API are tagged with @since tag.
For example: @since udk1.0 .

Members of instances are prefixed with an underscore. Members of classes (static members) are prefixed with two underscores. Members are typically called after theire types (if possible).

The package structure for Java UNO looks like this:
com.sun.star.uno - base functionality and types
com.sun.star.tools.uno - Java UNO tools
com.sun.star.comp - Java UNO component implementations
com.sun.star.lib - functionality typically found in librarys
com.sun.star.lib.uno - Java UNO library functionality
com.sun.star.lib.uno.environments - Java UNO environment implementations
com.sun.star.lib.uno.protocols - Java UNO protocol implementations
com.sun.star.lib.uno.bridges - Java UNO bridge implementations
com.sun.star.lib.util - utility classes