Just Java™ 2, Fifth Edition

Chapter 23. Java Beans in Theory

• What Is Component Software?

• What Is a Java Bean?

• Coding Time, Design Time, Runtime

• Refresher on Events

• Bean Conventions

• Install the Beanbox

• Run a Demo Bean

• Customizing Bean Properties

• Connecting a Button to a Method in Another Bean

• Activation Framework and Infobus

• Limitations of Beans

• Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)

• Using EJB in an Application Server

• EJB Summary

• Further Reading

• Exercises

• Some Light Relief—Furby’s Brain Transplant

Java beans is the architecture for component software in Java. It’s a pretty big topic, so we’ll cover it in two chapters. This chapter explains the theory: what component software is, how it is used in Java, ...