Enterprise JavaBeans, Third Edition

Acknowledgments

While there is only one name on the cover of this book, the credit for its 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. Other people at O’Reilly & Associates, including Rachel Wheeler, Rob Romano, Kyle Hart, and many others, were also very important to the success of this book.

Many expert technical reviewers helped ensure that the material was technically accurate and true to the spirit of Enterprise JavaBeans. Of special note are Greg Nyberg of ObjectPartners, Hemant Khandelwal of Pramati, Kyle Brown of IBM, Robert Castaneda of CustomWare, Joe Fialli of Sun Microsystems, Anil Sharma and Priyank Rastogi of Pramati, Seth White of BEA, Evan Ireland and Meyer Tanuan of Sybase, David Chappell of David Chappell & Associates, Jim Farley, author of Java™ Distributed Computing (O’Reilly), and Prasad Muppirala of BORN Information Services. 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 everyone in the community who provided valuable feedback by reviewing this book while it was being written at http://oreilly.techrev.org, including (in alphabetical order): Dion Almaer, Jim Archer, Stephen Davies, ...