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<chapter id="introduction">
   <title>Introduction</title>

   <para>The Fungal kernel is a Plain Old Java Object (POJO) based kernel which
     can build a container environment for Java services.</para>

   <para>The focus of the Fungal kernel is simplicity and high performance.</para>

   <para>The Fungal kernel has no dependencies on any 3rd party libraries as the kernel is
     built directly on the Java 6 API.</para>

   <section id="highlights">
     <title>Highlights</title>

     <para>Highlights of the Fungal kernel:</para>
     
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
       <listitem>
         100% Pure Java 6 implementation
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Bean definition language
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Lifecycle of beans
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Parallel deployment
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Dependency management
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Classloader architecture
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Deployer framework
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Hot deployment
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Communication protocol
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Core services
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Netboot support
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Management (JMX) utility
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Remote access to management layer (JSR-160)
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         Support multiple kernels in same VM
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
     
   </section>

</chapter>
