### Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Java API Tutorial - Basic |

### Basic - The shipment program

The Basic example is a minimal implementation of the shipment program. It writes and reads the part, supplier and shipment stores. The example program illustrates:

- Defining serialized key and value classes
- Opening and closing the database environment
- Opening and closing the class catalog
- Opening and closing database stores
- Creating bindings and collections
- Implementing the main program
- Using transactions
- Adding database items
- Retrieving database items
- Handling exceptions

The complete source of the final version of the example program is included in the Berkeley DB distribution.

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