References on Infrastructure
The Java Language Specification, 1996, James Gosling, Bill Joy, and Guy Steele, ISBN: 0-201-63451-1, Addison-Wesley: The Java Series.
The Java Virtual Machine Specification, 1997, Tim Lindholm and Frank Yellin, ISBN: 0-201-63452-X, Addison-Wesley: The Java Series.
Inside the Java2 VM, 1999, Bill Venners, ISBN: 0-07-135093-4, McGraw Hill.
Java2 Performance and idioms guide, 1999, Craig Larman and Rhett Guthrie, ISBN: 0-13-014260-3, Prentice Hall PTR.
Java Spec: www.patterndepot.com/put/8/JavaPatterns.htm
JVM Spec: java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/html/VMSpecTOC.doc.html