JavaBeans Books

The Java(TM) Class Libraries, Volume 2: java.applet, java.awt, java.beans (2nd Edition) (Java Series)

Patrick Chan, Rosanna Lee

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As noted by coauthor Patrick Chan in his interview with Amazon.com, programmers spend much of their time writing little programs that do nothing but explain to them the behavior of certain aspects of a language. Java programmers, working as they do with a relatively new, evolving language, spend more time than most writing experimental programs that help them figure out particular classes.

With this book, Chan, Rosanna Lee, and Douglas Kramer attempt to save you the trouble of all that futzing around. Each class in the java.io.*, java.lang.*, java.lang.reflect.*, java.math.*, java.net.*, java.text.*, java.util.*, and java.util.zip.* packages gets explored thoroughly in these pages. In each entry you'll find not only the pedestrian inheritance chart and statement of syntax but a lengthy, lucid discussion of the class (or member), too. Best of all, each entry comes with a working example of how the class or member is used in real life.

The authors, all affiliated with Sun Microsystems in Java's earliest days, know their stuff. They have created an omnibus tool that should prove immensely valuable to any Java programmer who wants to get the most out of the language. --David Wall

Developing Java Beans

Robert Englander

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Java Beans is the most important new development in Java this year. Beans is the next generation of Java technology that not only adds features the language lacked, but also lets Java programs interoperate with a number of development environments. The initial release includes a bridge for Microsoft's ActiveX/COM; future releases will include bridges for Netscape's LiveConnect and IBM's OpenDoc. Since it's a "component architecture" for Java, Beans can be used in graphical programming environments, like Borland's JBuilder, or IBM's VisualAge for Java. This means that someone can use a graphical tool to connect a lot of Beans together and make an application, without actually writing any Java code -- in fact, without doing any programming at all. Graphical development environments let you configure components by specifying aspects of their visual appearance (like the color or label of a button) in addition to the interactions between components (what happens when you click on a button or select a menu item). One important aspect of Java Beans is that components don't have to be visible. This sounds like a minor distinction, but it's very important: the invisible parts of an application are the parts that do the work. So, for example, in addition to manipulating graphical widgets, like checkboxes and menus, Beans allows you to develop and manipulate components that do database access, perform computations, and so on. You can build entire applications by connecting pre-built components, without writing any code. Developing Java Beans is for people who need to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in programming technology. Minimally, developing Beans means adopting several simple design patterns in your code. However, that's only the beginning. To take full advantage of the Java Beans architecture, you should understand how to write classes that are serializable, use events for communication between classes, know when and how to provide BeanInfo classes that give graphical environments more information about your components, and provide property editors and customizers that let graphical tools work with more complex Beans. The book covers:

• Events, event listeners, and adapters
• Properties, indexed properties, bound properties, constrained properties, and vetoable property changes
• Persistence, serialization, versioning, and object validation
• Packaging Beans using JAR files
• The BeanBox, a prototypical development tool
• Reflection and introspection
• Property editors and customizers
• The ActiveX bridge; using Java Beans in Visual Basic programs

The Awesome Power of Java Beans

Lawrence H. Rodrigues

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Like other Manning books, The Awesome Power of Java Beans is a competent text backed up by an exemplary collection of Web resources, including a newsgroup moderated by the author.

In the book, Rodrigues does a decent job of explaining Bean technology, detailing the code that makes a Bean a Bean, and explaining how to create Beans using several popular development environments. His example programs include a progress indicator, a file selector, and several more academic examples. The book includes a chapter by a guest author about ActiveX controls and the various means of making Beans interrelate with them.

This book's supporting Web site has a great deal of potential. On the Manning site, Rodrigues participates in the Beanie forum, in which he answers questions about Beans and his book. While not heavily visited, the site does feature some questions and answers that are intelligent and useful, if elementary. In addition to the forum, the site contains example files, errata, and an Adobe Acrobat copy of the book--everything you would expect to find on a companion CD-ROM, with the addition of author interactivity. --David Wall

Special Edition Using Java Beans (Special Edition Using)

Barbara White, Jack Leong, Bill Laforge, Michael Foley, Hitesh Seth, Jeremy Rosenberger, Richard Monson-Haefel

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Example codes have too many errors 1 out of 5 stars.
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I wonder if the authors have actually compiled and run the codes. It simply won't work. Take Chapter 20 (RMI) as an example: 1. In class StockMarket, the line Quote q = (Quote)Naming.lookup("HelloServer"); should be Quote q = (Quote)Naming.lookup("///QuoteServer");

2. Class StockMarket should belong to package examples.ch20.bean, not package examples.chap20.bean;

Very intense yet easy to understand and use. 5 out of 5 stars.
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Here is a book that is designed to allow the reader to begin immediately programming JavaBeans. The combination of examples and source code in the text, as well as the accompanying CD allow the reader to develop sophisticated JavaBean applications quickly and easily. This book does an excellent job of explaining design concepts, methodologies, and uses for JavaBeans, as well as providing useful and appropriate tips and ideas for applications. The book explains the relationship of JavaBeans to different component Architectures, and problems associated possibly encountered within these environments. Some basic programming skills are required to adequately use this book, so it should be considered for an intermediate to advanced user level.

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Users can take Java to the next level by learning how to create powerful, interactive Java components. This step-by-step programmer's tutorial offers a thorough treatment of developing Java Beans from scratch and using them with existing components. Full of robust examples, insider tips and warnings, this book provides practical insight on working with the Java Beans APIs.

Web Developer's Guide to Java Beans: A Hands-On Guide to Developing Reusable Software Using the Software Component Model Java Beans

Jalal Feghhi

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Web Developer's Guide to Java Beans presents concepts in rapid-fire fashion and is full of technical terminology that can take effort to decipher, but experienced programmers who want to understand JavaBeans and recent Java advances such as the JDK 1.1 event model will find it a valuable resource. Author Jalal Feghhi offers both a conceptual overview of JavaBeans and other component architectures (ActiveX/DCOM and OpenDoc/CORBA) and a series of hands-on examples that illustrate JavaBeans in action, including crucial concepts such as serialization, persistence, and introspection.

Visualage for Java Enterprise Version 2: Data Access Beans - Servlets - Cics Connector

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Creating Java Beans: Components for Distributed Applications

Mark Watson

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Although JavaBeans are most commonly associated with visual user-interface components on the client side, they can also provide the infrastructure for distributed applications across the enterprise on the server. Mark Watson's Creating JavaBeans is a short, effective tutorial for quickly learning JavaBeans development for distributed systems. The author clearly introduces the basics of simple beans, including topics such as the Java Developer's Kit (JDK) 1.1 event model. The middle section of the book describes how to create JavaBeans for networked and distributed applications and includes sample beans for database access, a mail client, and a Web search application. Although the content in this section is not exhaustive, the source code is useful. The author finishes the book by directly taking on distributed computing with examples such as code for socket programming in Java (a hard-to-find topic); a bean using Remote Method Invocation (RMI); and a sample using CORBA, the industry-standard component protocol from Unix. This text offers a snapshot of where Java is in the world of distributed applications, a good introduction to JavaBeans, and some useful code. Creating JavaBeans can give more advanced Java developers a jumpstart into an exciting area of systems design where Java is likely to become a key player in the very near future.

CORBA ActiveX y Java Beans

Jean-Marie Chauvet

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Sun's new Java Studio lets novices create, test Java applets by linking Java beans. (Sun Microsystems Inc launches new tool enabling nonprogrammers to ... An article from: Software Industry Report

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This digital document is an article from Software Industry Report, published by Millin Publishing, Inc. on November 3, 1997. The length of the article is 559 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sun's new Java Studio lets novices create, test Java applets by linking Java beans. (Sun Microsystems Inc launches new tool enabling nonprogrammers to create Java applets and applications)
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Date: November 3, 1997
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JAVA HITS THE ROAD: IN-STAT/MDR SPILLS THE BEANS.(Technology Information): An article from: Software Industry Report

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This digital document is an article from Software Industry Report, published by Millin Publishing, Inc. on August 20, 2001. The length of the article is 494 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: JAVA HITS THE ROAD: IN-STAT/MDR SPILLS THE BEANS.(Technology Information)
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