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JavaBeans brings component technology to the Java platform. With the JavaBeans API you can create reuseable, platform-independent components. Using JavaBeans-compliant application builder tools, you can combine these components into applets, applications, or composite components. JavaBean components are known as Beans.
JavaBeans is a core JDK1.1 capability. Any JDK1.1-compliant browser or tool implicitly supports JavaBeans.This document is a hands-on guide to learning JavaBeans and the Beans Development Kit (BDK). The JavaBeans API Specification provides a complete JavaBeans description. Print out a copy of the JavaBeans specification, and keep it handy when going through this document.
The BDK is available free on the web. In addition to the BDK, you will need the Java Development Kit (JDK).
JavaBeans Concepts and the Beans Development Kit
describes what makes a Bean, and describes the
Beans Development Kit (BDK).
Using the BeanBox describes basic BeanBox
operation, and explains the BeanBox menus.
Writing a Simple Bean walks you through creating
a rudimentary Bean, saving the Bean, adding the Bean to the ToolBox,
placing the Bean in the BeanBox, inspecting the Bean's properties and
events, and generating a Bean introspection report.
Properties explains how to give your Beans properties:
Bean appearance and behavior characteristics customizable at design time.
Manipulating Events in the BeanBox describes the
BeanBox's event manipulating capabilities. If you are not familiar
with event handling, you might want to read up on
Event Handling to prepare for this material.
The BeanInfo Interface describes how to
write Bean information classes: Separate classes you can use to explicitly
advertise your Bean's properties, methods, and events to builder tools.
Bean Customization introduces you to property
editors, and the Customizer interface.
Bean Persistence explains how to save and retore
your Beans, and their customized state.
New Features lists upcoming BDK and
Beans-related features.
The BDK's beans/docs directory
contains documentation for
java.util API
beans/README.html.
The
JavaBeans Documentation page contains
current JavaBeans API definitions,
upcoming JavaBeans feature descriptions,
and related Java documentation such as the
Java Core Reflection API, Object
Serialization, Remote Method
Invocation (RMI), and a
third-party JavaBeans book list.
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