Java Programming/JavaBeans/Introduction to JavaBeans

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[edit] Introduction to JavaBeans

Reusability comes at the core of any modern computer language's framework. You would often want to use the components, you have already built, in recurring environments. In Rapid Application Development, these prove more helpful as you can drag them off a list of components and use it elsewhere in your project. Such level of reusability is added into the Java Programming language with the help of the JavaBeans architecture.

[edit] JavaBeans Conventions

JavaBeans are classes that follow certain conventions to aid reuse.

Implements serializable
Has a no argument constructor
Uses getter and setter methods to access properties or by a similar method name convention
Contains any required event handling methods