
8 IBM WebSphere Host Publisher Version 3.5
1.2.4 JavaBeans
According to its inventors at JavaSoft, a JavaBean is a reusable software
component that can be manipulated visually using a builder tool. The JavaSoft
definition allows for a broad range of components that can be thought of as
beans.
Beans can be visual components, such as buttons or entry fields, or even an
entire spreadsheet application. Beans can also be non-visual components,
encapsulating business tasks or entities such as processing employee
paychecks, a bank account, or even an entire credit rating component.
Non-visual beans still have a visual representation, such as an icon ...