I've read the first chapter and I like it a lot. I find myself way to often hiding business logic as in your first example. Also, showing how to use Java for DoP and combining it with other concepts like OOP encapsulation is very helpful IMO.

Now I'm waiting for two things:

1. Manning allowing me to grab it (forgot password email notifications seems to hang)

2. More chapters :-) ... no, really, just let it roll. Don't rush.