Enterprise JavaBeans, Fourth Edition

Acknowledgments

The credit for this book’s development and delivery is shared by many individuals. Michael Loukides, my editor, was pivotal to the success of every edition of this book. Without his experience, craft, and guidance, this book would not have been possible. I’m also greatful to the co-authors who contributed greatly to the success of this fourth edition. The JBoss workbook was written by Bill Burke and Sacha Labourey. It’s a significant contribution and I’m proud to have their names on the cover of this book. Keyton Weissenger and Shy Aberman collaborated to produce Chapter 19, which is an excellent overview of real-world EJB design and performance issues—that chapter is based on hard-earned experience deploying several EJB production systems.

Many expert technical reviewers helped ensure that the material was technically accurate and true to the spirit of Enterprise JavaBeans. Of special note are Lance Anderson, Bill Burke, Dave Cronin, James Pinpin, Tom Mars, and Ricky Yim. They contributed greatly to the technical accuracy of this book and brought a combination of industry and real-world experience to bear, helping to make this one of the best books on Enterprise JavaBeans published today.

I would also like to thank the folks at TheServerSide.com and everyone in the community who provided valuable feedback, including (in alphabetical order) Michael Boyd, Ravi Brewster, Patrick De Clercq, Peter Durcansky, Sudheer Fernades, Vick Fisher, Thomas Foersch, John Guthrie, George Jiang, Markus Knauss, Madhusudhan Konda, Ravi Kyamala, Lee Yeow Leong, David McCann, Olav Nybo, Sunil Patil, Zheng Ping, Manfred Rosenboom, Viviane Costa Silva, Simon Spruzen, Bob Stine, Dave Tuke, Ray Yan, Chunshui Yu, and Ping Zheng.

Special thanks also go to Greg Nyberg, Hemant Khandelwal, Kyle Brown, Robert Castaneda, Joe Fialli, Anil Sharma, Seth White, Evan Ireland, David Chappell (the .NET guy), Jim Farley, Prasad Muppirala, Sriram Srinivasan, Anne Thomas, Ian McCallion, Tim Rohaly, James D. Frentress, Andrzej Jan Taramina, Marc Loy, Don Weiss, Mike Slinn, and Kevin Dick. The contributions of these technical experts were critical to the technical and conceptual accuracy of earlier editions of this book. Others I would like to thank include Maggie Mezquita, Greg Hartzel, John Klug, and Jon Jamsa of BORN Information, all of whom suffered though the first draft of the first edition so long ago to provide valuable feedback.

Thanks also to Vlad Matena and Mark Hapner of Sun Microsystems, the primary architects of Enterprise JavaBeans; Linda DeMichiel, EJB 2.1/2.0 specification lead; and all the other EJB 2.1 expert group members.

Finally, I extend the most sincere gratitude to my wife, Hollie, for supporting and assisting me through the five years of painstaking research and writing that were required to produce four editions of this book. Without her unfailing support and love, this book would not have been completed.