Developing Java Beans (Paperback)

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O'Reilly books are rarely for neophytes, but advanced users swear by them, and these will be no exception. Englander covers a hot Java subtopic for students, programmers, and professionals already familar with Java and object-oriented programming. He discusses events, event adapters, properties, persistence, java archive files, the BeanBox tool, property editors, ActiveX, and the java.beans Package. Flanagan's work is the book Java programmers want nearby when they are at the keyboard. A complete ready-reference work, this belongs in all collections supporting programmers. Java is a constantly changing language so Nutshell will be coming out often with new editions; always have the newest one on hand. Reese goes beyond simple applet design to relational databases, SQL, object-oriented database applications, application servers, and remote object manipulation. The examples used throughout the book are based on a banking application designed in Java.
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Product Description

Java Beans is the most important development in Java this year. It gives Java developers the ability to work with sophisticated graphical development tools and to integrate Java software into projects using other component technologies, such as Microsoft's ActiveX. Developing Java Beans gives you a firm grounding in every aspect of the Java Beans component architecture. You'll learn how to create components that can be manipulated by tools like Borland's JBuilder or IBM's VisualAge for Java, enabling others to build entire applications by using and reusing these building blocks. Beyond the basics, Developing Java Beans teaches you how to create Beans that can be saved and restored properly; how to take advantage of introspection to provide more information about a Bean's capabilities; how to provide property editors and customizers that manipulate a Bean in sophisticated ways; and how to integrate Java Beans into ActiveX projects. If you're a Java developer, you'll want to take advantage of Java's component architecture. Developing Java Beans gives you a comprehensive introduction to this exciting new technology. The book covers:

• Events, event listeners, and adapters
• Properties, indexed properties, bound 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

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Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 1st edition (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565922891
• ISBN-13: 978-1565922891
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,337,017 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars writing is good but examples are poor, March 23, 1999

By	[e-mail] (waltham, massachussetts) - See all my reviews

The writing is pretty good. Reading this book, a Java programmer can understand the Java Beans concepts. But the examples are extremely sloppy: full of errors, some don't compile, some exhibit incompetent Java threads programming concepts.

Corrected examples should be put on the Web site. This is the only O'Reilly book I've read that wasn't very good.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Confusing book about beans, January 11, 2001

By	Cees van Barneveldt (Grand Rapids, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This is not a good tutorial about Java Beans. In order to explain the Java Bean concept you have to start with the Java Beans specifications of Sun. This would answer question about which things are relevant and why they are relevant in JavaBeans development. Now the the reader almost jumps into a long winded explanation about events and adapters, wondering why this is relevant and what the writer wants to explain. To make matters worse: the example contains errors! Basically, after the first three chapters I was utterly confused.

This book also needs a clearer description about the use of Java Beans. In a next update we definitely need a chapter about how JavaBeans are used in Java Server Pages.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but not only about Java Beans though., November 8, 2000

By A Customer

This book is titled "Developing Java Beans". It spends lots of time to talk about the detailed architecture of Event model and other important topics used in Beans. It is well written and easy to follow. However, may not be the good book for those poeple in a rush just want to how to write a Java Beans.