Resource management, the topic is not new. Some people presented a pattern or two in this area, but what makes this book stand out is it is weaving all these patterns together to a pattern language.
The book groups the patterns in three categories, resource acquisition, resource lifecycle and resource release. It also provides two case studies. The book only has about 250 pages, yet it provides an extensive coverage of the sphere of resource management.
For today's high capability enterprise applications development, resource management is more important than ever before. Resource is not limited to low-level things like CPU power, thread, memory, connections, etc., it also includes components or services accessed by remote client. Enterprise application developer will find this book an indispensable reference for developing efficient, stable, scalable predictable and accessible applications by effective resource management.
