Re: What's a JavaBean?

> Obviously, I'm new to JavaBeans.  Could someone please break it down for
me,
> what they are, and what they're good for?

A JavaBean is basicly an independent Java class which conforms itself to
some
specific implementation rules. For example; if you wish to set a value in
a
javabean you'd be using a so called "setter". Its basicly a method which
'sets'
a value to a private variable in the bean. Getting such a value is done
using a
'getter'.

And because all of those things are standards any program which needs to
get,
for example, an "adress" variable out of a bean can know up front that
it'd be
using "beanname.getAddress()" to get the value and "beanname.setAddress()"
to
actually set it.

You can get more info on the subject here:
http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/docs/index.html
http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/docs/spec.html


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Groetjes, Peter

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