Inside Macintosh: Networking With Open Transport /

Preface - About This Book

Format of a Typical Chapter

Most of the conceptual chapters in this book (the chapters in the first part) follow a standard structure. For example, the chapter "Endpoints" contains these sections:

• "About Endpoints." This section presents a general introduction to endpoints and endpoint providers.

• "Using Endpoints." This section explains how to use endpoint functions to transfer data.

The reference chapters in this book (the chapters in the second part) provide complete reference information about the Open Transport API. For example, the chapter "Endpoints Reference" contains these sections:

• "Constants and Data Types." This section includes the constants, types, enumerations, and structures specific to the use of endpoints.

• "Functions." This section presents detailed descriptions of the functions that are used with endpoints.

The reference chapters for the AppleTalk and TCP/IP protocols describe functions and option information that are specific to each protocol.