Preface

This manual describes how to develop plugins and custom windows that are used in the following products, and describes about API references:

JP1/Navigation Platform
JP1/Navigation Platform for Developers

Note that the following products are no longer available in JP1/Navigation Platform 12-00 and later versions:

Hitachi Navigation Platform
Hitachi Navigation Platform for Developers

The title of this manual has been modified as follows to reflect this change:

Old title: Hitachi Navigation Platform Development Guide

New title: JP1/Navigation Platform Development Guide

Organization of this preface

Abbreviations for product names
Intended readers
Conventions: Fonts and symbols

■ Abbreviations for product names

This manual uses the following abbreviations for the above product names:

Abbreviation		Full name
Navigation Platform	Navigation Platform	JP1/Navigation Platform
Navigation Platform	Navigation Platform for Developers	JP1/Navigation Platform for Developers

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■ Intended readers

This manual is intended for users who develop plugins and custom windows by using APIs provided by Navigation Platform

Note that readers of this manual must have:

Basic knowledge of Windows operations
Basic knowledge of Java program development
Basic knowledge of Eclipse
Basic knowledge of XML

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■ Conventions: Fonts and symbols

The following table explains the text formatting conventions used in this manual:

Text formatting	Convention
Bold	Bold characters indicate text in a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example: From the File menu, choose Open. Click the Cancel button. In the Enter name entry box, type your name.
Italic	Italic characters indicate a placeholder for some actual text to be provided by the user or system. For example: Write the command as follows: `copy` `source-file` `target-file` The following message appears: `A file was not found. (file =` `file-name)` Italic characters are also used for emphasis. For example: Do not delete the configuration file.
`Monospace`	Monospace characters indicate text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example: At the prompt, enter `dir`. Use the `send` command to send mail. The following message is displayed: `The password is incorrect.`

Text formatting

Convention

Bold

Bold characters indicate text in a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example:

From the File menu, choose Open.
Click the Cancel button.
In the Enter name entry box, type your name.

Italic

Italic characters indicate a placeholder for some actual text to be provided by the user or system. For example:

Write the command as follows:

copy source-file target-file
The following message appears:

A file was not found. (file = file-name)

Italic characters are also used for emphasis. For example:

Do not delete the configuration file.

Monospace

Monospace characters indicate text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example:

At the prompt, enter dir.
Use the send command to send mail.
The following message is displayed:

The password is incorrect.

The following table explains the symbols used in this manual:

Symbol	Convention
`\|`	In syntax explanations, a vertical bar separates multiple items, and has the meaning of OR. For example: `A\|B\|C` means `A`, or `B`, or `C`.
`{ }`	In syntax explanations, curly brackets indicate that only one of the enclosed items is to be selected. For example: `{A\|B\|C}` means only one of `A`, or `B`, or `C`.
`[ ]`	In syntax explanations, square brackets indicate that the enclosed item or items are optional. For example: `[A]` means that you can specify `A` or nothing. `[B\|C]` means that you can specify `B`, or `C`, or nothing.
`...`	In coding, an ellipsis (...) indicates that one or more lines of coding have been omitted. In syntax explanations, an ellipsis indicates that the immediately preceding item can be repeated as many times as necessary. For example: `A,` `B,` `B,` `...` means that, after you specify `A,` `B,` you can specify `B` as many times as necessary.

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