Acknowledgments

From Ragae Ghaly:

To those who inspired me and still ignite my mind with thoughts. To my parents for their love, guidance, and support. To the memory of Raouf Ghaly, who is the source of inspiration and human values. To the memory of Prof. Yakoub Gayed, who taught me how to respect time. To Prof. Fatin Fahim and Prof. Rushdy Amer, who lit the candles in my career path from engineering to computer science. To Prof. Tzilla Elrad, Prof. Prabu Prabhakaran, and Prof. Naphtalie Rashe, who sparked my mind with new ideas. I would also like to thank my wife Mary, and my daughters Laura and Lillian for their love and support during the writing of this book.

From Krishna Kothapalli:

To my parents for lifetime care, affection, and support. To my young kids Abhiram (age 4) and Tejasvi (age 2), for making life interesting and memorable with their cute little acts, spilling water on my laptop, and teaching me the ABCs of life's priorities.

Special Thanks:

The authors would like to thank Carol Ackerman for her encouragement, support, and guidance.

The authors would like to thank the following Sams editors: Mark Renfrow, Mike Henry, Andy Beaster; reviewers Mike Altarace, Chad Fowler, and Mike Fogarty from Princeton Solutions Group, and Keith Magnant from Element K for their insightful remarks on the manuscript and for being patient in answering our queries.

Very special thanks to Raymond Ghaly and Raghava Kothapalli for helping us in writing this book. Raymond and Raghava were instrumental in streamlining the code examples, and had great insights for setting up and testing both the WebLogic and JBoss servers. Without their help, this book would not have seen the light of day.