Chapter 7. BeanUtils
One of the most popular patterns in Java is the JavaBeans component model (http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/). Originally designed to allow visual design tools to generate AWT user interfaces, the JavaBeans specification provides additional guidelines on top of the basic contracts implied by a given Java class.
The JavaBeans specification provides mechanisms for methods of a Java class to be visible to a builder tool, organized into properties, methods, and events. A property is available via accessor methods, such as String getFirstName() and void setFirstName(). Methods are ordinary Java methods. Events define standard methods for allowing one component to notify one or more components of an arbitrary event. Visual ...
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