Acknowledgments

In your hands you have my third book about the Java EE platform. And I tell you, to write a third book you need to be a bit crazy . . . and to be surrounded by people who help you in any possible way (so you don’t get totally crazy). And this is the space to thank them.

First of all, I really want to thank Steve Anglin from Apress for giving me another opportunity to write for this great company. Throughout the writing process, I was constantly in contact with Jill Balzano, Kathleen Sullivan, and James Markham who reviewed the book and gave me precious advice. Thanks to Massimo Nardone who provided an in-depth technical review that improved the book.

A special thank you to my technical team who helped me throughout the 15 chapters and offered some insightful comments. Alexis Hassler lives in Beaujolais (France), but unlike his neighbors, he isn't a winemaker; he is a freelance software developer, a trainer, and a JUG leader in Lyon. Brice Leporini is an experienced engineer who has focused on Java for the last ten years and loves starting new projects, improving application performance, and coaching young geeks. Mathieu Ancelin is a developer who loves Java, the JVM, his Mac, and his guitar, and who is part of the CDI 1.1 expert group and works with CDI in OSGi. Antoine Sabot-Durand, senior software engineer at Red Hat, contributed to projects around CDI (like Seam 3 and Deltaspike) and is the tech lead on the Agorava framework (social media). I have to say that it was a real pleasure to work with such knowledgeable and cheerful senior developers.

I also need to thank Youness Teimoury, who coauthored Chapter 12 on XML and JSON.

It is a great honor to have Arun Gupta writing the foreword of this book. His devotion to Java EE is endless and his technical articles are priceless.

Thanks to my proofreader Tressan O'Donoghue, who added a Shakespearean touch to the book.

The diagrams in this book were made using the Visual Paradigm. I would like to thank both Visual Paradigm and JetBrains for providing me with a free license for their excellent products.

And a big kiss to my loving daughter, Eloïse. She is the best present life has given me.

I could not have written this book without the help and support of the Java community: blogs, articles, mailing lists, forums, Tweets . . . and particularly those involved in Java EE such as Bill Shannon, Linda DeMichiel, Reza Rahman, Adam Bien, Elias Dorneles, Emmanuel Bernard, Pete Muir, Marek Potociar, Çaǧatay Çivici, Arnaud Heritier, Nicolas de Loof, Jean-Michel Doudoux, and David Gageot.

More than anything I would like to thank a bunch of people who helped me in some way. Sometimes life can be difficult and a welcoming hand is comforting. Marianne, Gabriel, my first thank you goes to you. And in no special order I would like to thank José Paumard, Stephen Janssen, Nicolas Semczyk, Hugues Peron, Fred do Couto, Sebastien, Marion, Val, Karla, Stephane, Fabienne, Cricri, Chacha, La Fontaine, Le Café Livre, and the Navalhas, Eeckman, Soldado, and Martins families. A special thank you to Betty who brought me light during dark times and strength when I got weak.

Many thoughts go to my old friend Bruno Reau who got taken back too early.

Thank you all!