Developing Java Beans

How the Book Is Organized

The chapters in this book are organized so that each one builds upon the information presented in previous chapters, so it’s best if you read the chapters in order.

Chapter 1

This chapter provides a general description of the component model, followed by an overview of the JavaBeans architecture.

Chapter 2

This chapter describes the event model introduced in Java 1.1. It covers event listener interfaces, event objects, and event sources, and covers the semantics of event delivery. Topics also include design patterns, event listener registration, and multicast and unicast events.

Chapter 3

This chapter describes how to use event adapters to simplify an event listener, and how to adapt an object to an event listener interface. Topics include demultiplexing, using low-level reflection to create generic adapters, event filtering, and event queuing.

Chapter 4

This chapter describes properties, the named attributes that define the state and behavior of a component. Properties represent some part of the Bean that is likely to be manipulated by nontraditional programming techniques such as visual editors. Topics include design patterns, accessor methods, indexed properties, bound and constrained properties, and property-related events.

Chapter 5

This chapter describes the use of object serialization provided by Java 1.1 for saving and restoring the state of a Bean. It discusses what can and can’t be stored and how storage and retrieval is accomplished. Topics include ...