Table of Contents for Java RAMBO Manifesto

1	RAM	1
1.1	Embracing RAM Resident Data	2
1.2	Why This May Not Be For You	5
1.3	Threat Models	6
1.4	ACID Compliance	7
1.5	Using the Book	9
2	Basic Object in Files	11
2.1	An Example	12
2.2	Serializable	13
2.2.1	Transient	14
2.3	The File	14
2.4	Repeated Objects	16
2.5	Linked Objects	18
2.6	Conclusion	20
2.6.1	Lessons	20
3	A Quick Start	23
3.1	Appending Object Streams	24
3.1.1	Avoiding the Header	25
3.2	A Data Store	26
3.3	Conclusion	27
3.3.1	Lessons	27
4	Atomic Operations	29
4.1	Basic Atomicity	30
4.2	Optimistic Commit	31
4.2.1	Pessimistic Commitment	32
4.3	Rollback Wrappers	32
4.4	Conclusion	34
4.4.1	Lessons	34
5	Commands	37
5.1	A Monster Example	38
5.2	Processing Commands	40
5.3	Conclusion	40
5.3.1	Lessons	41
6	Threads	43
6.1	Total Information Locking	44
6.2	Individual Object Locking	45
6.3	Command Level Locking	46
6.4	Conclusion	48
6.4.1	Lessons	49
7	Prevayler	51
7.1	Prevayler 1.0¹s Architecture	52
7.2	An Example	53
7.2.1	Team Objects	54
7.2.2	The TeamRecords Object	55
7.2.3	The PrintRecordsCommand	56
7.2.4	The ReportGameCommand	56
7.2.5	Tying It Together	57
7.3	Conclusion	58
7.3.1	Lessons	58
8	Schema	61
8.1	Conversion	62
8.2	Faking It	63
8.2.1	Adding A New Field	64
8.2.2	The Format	65
8.3	Defining readObject	67
8.3.1	Overriding Built-In Methods .	67
8.3.2	Overriding Everything	69
8.4	Conclusion	70
8.4.1	Lessons	70
9	XML	73
9.1	Cheap XML	73
9.2	Using Commas or Tabs for Tags	75
9.3	Built-inXML	75
9.4	Conclusion	77
9.4.1	Lessons	77
10	Mirrors	79
10.1	Choosing a Model	80
10.2	A Reservation Example	80
10.2.1	RMI Guts	82
10.2.2	Working with RMI	84
10.3	Conclusion	84
10.3.1	Lessons	85
11	Double Checking	87
11.1	Implementation	88
11.1.1	An Object to Back Up	88
11.1.2	Stitching It Together	90
11.1.3	A Hex Dump	91
11.2	Conclusion	92
11.2.1	Lessons	92
12	Prevayler 2	93
12.1	Basic Prevayler 2	93
12.2	Simple Example	95
12.2.1	The Transactions and Query	95
12.2.2	Putting Everything Together	97
12.3	Advanced Features	98
12.3.1	Mirrors	98
12.4	Conclusion	99
12.4.1	Lessons	99
13	Closing	101
13.1	Beyond this Book	102