Microsoft .NET and J2EE Interoperability Toolkit

Simon Guest

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Copyright 2004 by Microsoft Corporation

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Guest, Simon, 1973-Microsoft .NET and J2EE Interoperability Toolkit / Simon Guest.
p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-7356-1922-0
1. Microsoft .NET. 2. Java (Computer program language). I. Title.

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To Mako

Acknowledgments

Writing this book has been quite the adventure. Fortunately for me, this has been an adventure that I haven't had to endure alone. I'd like to spend a minute recognizing all the people that have helped make this book complete.

First, I'd like to thank Scott Kerfoot and Steven Ramirez, as they were the first people to get my material in front of an audience and they provided valuable feedback. And for extolling the virtues of turning my content into a written book (or at least planting the idea in my head), I'd like to extend a special thank you to Dan Begallie.

As I was writing this book, I often called on people for information or ideas. For offering solutions and extending support when needed, I would like to thank Keith Ballinger, Dino Chiesa, Fred Chong, Wayne Citrin, Manish Godse, David Hill, Joe Klug, John Nolte, Doug Purdy, Thomas Rizzo, Arvindra Sehmi, Gerry Shaw, and Hervey Wilson. Additional thanks must go to Adam Denning and Sanjay Parthasarathy for support (and continued publicity!) of the contents of the book.

Special thanks is also due to two companies that I worked closely with to produce the technical content of many chapters ”Intrinsyc and The Mind Electric (TME), both of which offer invaluable products that make interoperability between the Java and Microsoft .NET platforms a reality today. At Intrinsyc, my extended thanks go to Roy Lim, Kerry Lynn, Damian Mehers, and Mike Preradovic. At TME, I would like to personally thank Graham Glass, Wes Moulder, Christopher St. John, and Bruce Sundquist.

Making sense of and providing feedback for my chapters was the "enviable" task of the reviewers who kindly donated their time to review each chapter. For this, I would like to thank Gianpaolo Carraro, Mark Demers, John deVadoss, Graham Glass, Shelby Goerlitz, Kevin Hammond, Kristopher Johnson, Doron Juster, Chris Kurt, Damian Mehers, Andy Milligan, Mark Piller, Matt Powell, Harris Reynolds, Bob Schmidt, Christopher St. John, Brenton Webster, David Weller, and Joe Yong. Many of these people went out of their way to provide feedback that ultimately had an incredible impact on the content.

Taking my ramblings and producing the book you see in front of you has been the responsibility of the fine people at Microsoft Press. It is this team that inarguably adds the professionalism and quality to each Microsoft Press title. For this, my heartfelt thanks go to Robert Brunner, my technical editor (and mentor) during the whole project. Despite dealing with sample code that rarely compiled, products that would not install, and machines that would not work, Robert persevered and delivered feedback that really made the book what it is today. For the content editing, I would like to thank Michelle Goodman. Michelle has a rare talent for taking the manuscript I delivered and making it read like a book. For keeping us all on track (and at times, sane), I'd like to recognize Devon Musgrave. On numerous occasions, Devon was the "point man" for making those "cut or keep" decisions. In addition, I must also include Anne Hamilton for taking the book idea on and managing the relationships, as well as Heather Freck, Matt Carter, Robert Lyon, Tess McMillan, Roger LeBlanc, and Joel Panchot for their continued involvement.

I would like to thank my family and friends , especially Mom and Ian, for their advice, support, and confidence with both the project and my move to the United States. A final and special mention goes to my wife Mako, who ”despite the long nights and missed weekends ”provided her love, support, and trust throughout. This wouldn't have been possible without you!

Simon Guest

As a member of the Microsoft .NET Enterprise Architecture Team in Redmond, Washington, Simon specializes in enterprise interoperability and integration. This includes interoperability with J2EE applications, enterprise messaging, XML Web services interoperability, and end-to-end integration with desktop and smart client products.

In his tenure at Microsoft, Simon has worked on a wide variety of interoperability projects in the financial, medical, and telecommunications sectors and has been a frequent contributor to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). Simon has also presented at numerous Strategic Architect Forums (SAFs); Partner Architect Summits; and Envision, MGB, and TechEd conferences.

Prior to joining Microsoft in 2001, Simon worked for an application service provider (ASP) in California and a leading systems integrator (SI) in London. Previously, Simon worked for a top-five law firm in London and as a systems analyst in semiconductor manufacturing.

Simon holds a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Software Engineering from Plymouth College and a master's degree in IT Security from the University of Westminster (London).