Definitions

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  • noun computing A reusable software component written in Java.

Etymologies

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Java and bean (continuing the coffee association of the name).

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Examples

  • Do you really want to go into a history of the JavaBean specification to the poor Python programmer who's vacationing in JavaLand so that they can understand this weird but expected behavior?

    Travel Broadens You Neal Ford 2007

  • Groovy makes it really easy to interact with Java objects, including those that follow the standard JavaBean specification for get and set methods to form properties.

    Travel Broadens You Neal Ford 2007

  • (I know that I've personally spent a lot of time chasing down typos in JavaBean getter/setter names.)

    Random feeds from Syndic8.com 2010

  • There are a number of existing Java features that are declarative: marker interfaces, JMX naming conventions, and JavaBean properties are just some examples of declarative behavior in Java.

    Random feeds from Syndic8.com 2010

  • With only simple XMLs and Java code in JavaBean format (really reusable Java classes) you can construct any J2EE business application in a very productive way.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • Simple JavaBean that holds the defaults specified at the level in a standard Spring XML bean definition document: default-lazy-init, default-autowire, etc

    BlogJava-首页技术区 stone2083 2010

  • For now, the only thing I've done is to run javap on a compiled JavaFX value object, and - as expected - I saw it's very different from a regular JavaBean.

    Planet NetBeans 2009

  • When DefaultPersistenceDelegate is responsible for encoding the JavaBean, it looks at all the available read / write properties and compares the existing values on the object being serialized against the values on the prototype instance.

    Latest News from JAVA Developer's Journal 2009

  • For example, they can see how downstream services are being used, what messages are sent on queues, details of Enterprise JavaBean

    Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Analysis.com 2009

  • For now, the only thing I've done is to run javap on a compiled JavaFX value object, and - as expected - I saw it's very different from a regular JavaBean.

    NetBeans Highlights 2009

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