Developing Java Beans

Acknowledgments

I was first introduced to Java by my friend Rinaldo DiGiorgio. He tried to convince me that Java was going to be big, and that I should get involved. Eventually, I broke down and followed his advice. More recently, he had to twist my arm to take a hard look at JavaBeans, and subsequently to write this book. I am grateful to Rinaldo for pointing me in the right direction.

My sincere thanks go to Mitch Duitz, Hugh Lynch, and John Zukowski for their detailed technical reviews of the book, and for providing valuable feedback. They managed to find errors, point out omissions, and offer advice that makes this a better book than it would have been without their help. Thanks to Max Spivak and Jonathan Knudsen for reading the draft and offering their comments and suggestions. My appreciation also goes to Mike Loukides, the book’s editor, for believing this was an important book to write and for helping me to do so.

A thank you is due to the O’Reilly design and production crew: David Futato, the production editor and copyeditor for the book; Nancy Kotary for proofreading and quality control; Seth Maislin, who produced the index; Edie Freedman, who designed the cover; Nancy Priest, for internal design; Chris Reilley and Rob Romano, who were responsible for the figures; and Sheryl Avruch, the production manager.

I also have to thank my friends and family for putting up with me while I was writing. Everyone’s encouragement helped me to finish this project.