To start using tiger follow the list below.

• Download (from CVS at sourceforge.net) and build tiger and jdbm.
• Make your persistent java classes. Extend the jdbm.PersistObject class.
• Make a XML descriptor file for your objectsbase, that follows this dtd.
• Make a XML file for the metadata of your persistent classes, that follows this dtd.
• Create an instance of jdbm.LocalObjectBase and supply the path to the XML descriptor file.
• Start using Tiger in your code.