This appendix provides a brief overview of the API. does not provide the Javadoc for the java.sql packages, the main API for working with , because it is included in the JDBC API. For information about 's implementation of JDBC, see .

This document divides the API classes and interfaces into several categories. The stand-alone tools and utilities are java classes that stand on their own and are invoked in a command window. The JDBC implementation classes are standard JDBC APIs, and are not invoked on the command-line. Instead, you invoke these only within a specified context within another application.