Essential JavaBeans fast: Essential Series

1 Introduction to JavaBeans.- Objectives.- Is this book for you?.- How to use this book.- Why have software components?.- What are JavaBeans?.- JavaBeans and other component models.- The JavaBeans package.- Bean terminology.- Builder tool support.- Building an application.- What you need to use JavaBeans.- How to get the BDK.- What you get in the BDK.- Program conventions.- 2 Using the BeanBox.- Objectives.- Starting the BeanBox.- The BeanBox.- TheBeanBox menus.- Working with Beans.- Connecting Beans together.- Adding Beans to the BeanBox.- Builder tools.- 3 The Delegation Event Model.- Objectives.- Background.- What is an event?.- Delegating responsibility for an event.- Event listeners.- Working with events.- Creating new events.- Defining new listener interfaces.- Multicast and unicast sources.- Events and Beans.- 4 Building Basic Beans.- Objectives.- The JavaBeans architecture.- Creating a bean.- The Beans conventions.- The Beanlnfo object.- The Counter and Alarm beans.- Packaging the beans.- Using the beans.- JavaBeans and you.- 5 Property Data Types.- Objectives.- Simple properties.- Bound properties.- Constrained properties.- Indexed properties.- 6 Reflection and Bean Introspection.- Objectives.- Reflection.- The introspection process.- How it actually works.- Experimenting with introspection.- 7 Beanlnfo Objects.- Objectives.- The jaya.beans package.- Beanlnfo objects.- The Beanlnfo interface.- Classes used with Beanlnfo.- The SimpleBeanlnfo class.- Additionallnfo objects.- The getBeanDescriptor method.- 8 An example BeanInfo Object.- Objectives.- The Clock bean.- The ClockBeanlnfo class.- The geticon ( ) method.- The getPropertyDescriptors ( ) method.- The getMethodDescriptors ( ) method.- Handling bound properties.- The manifest and JAR files.- 9 Bean Serialization.- Objectives.- Serialization in Java.- Serializing a bean.- Defining beans that can be serialized.- 10 Property Editors and Customizers.- Objectives.- Changing property values.- The Property Sheet.- Property Views.- Property Editors.- The PropertyEditor interface.- The PropertyEditorSupport class.- Registering a PropertyEditor.- Customizers.- 11 JavaBeans and ActiveX.- Objectives.- The Component Object Model.- What is ActiveX?.- ActiveX bridge.- Packaging a Bean.- Creating an ActiveX component.- Using the ActiveX component in a container.- Runtime support.- 12 Event Adapters.- Objectives.- Event adapters.- The use of event adapters.- Defining event adapters.- 13 RMI and Beans.- Objectives.- Non-graphical beans.- Remote Method Invocation.- the RMIClientBean.- The Manifest file.- Building the JAR file.- Using the RMI bean.- Appendix A: The Clock Bean.- Appendix B: The Monitor Bean.- Appendix C: The Alarm Bean.- Appendix D: The Multiplexer.- Appendix E: RMI beans.

De-mystifies Java. Bean terminology * Written in the pacy style of the Essential series, this book gets the reader using the Java. Bean components quickly and effectively in their own applications * It can be read from start to finish, or can be dipped into as and when needed * Contains lots of examples