Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is an introduction to Java's component architecture. It describes how to write Beans, which are software components that can be used in visual programming environments. This book discusses event adapters, serialization, introspection, property editors, and customizers, and shows how to use Beans within ActiveX controls.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction: The Component Model; The JavaBeans Architecture; JavaBeans Overview; Using Design Patterns; JavaBeans vs. ActiveX; Getting Started. Part 2 Events: The Java Event Model; Events in the AWT Package. Part 3 Event adapters: Demultiplexing; Generic Adapters; Event Adapters in the AWT Package; Event Filtering; Event Queuing. Part 4 Properties: Accessing Properties; Indexed Properties; Bound Properties; Constrained Properties; Handling Events for Specific Properties; A java.awt Example. Part 5 Persistence: Object Serialization; The java.io.Serializable Interface; Class-Specific Serialization; Walking the Class Hierarchy; Serializing Event Listeners; Versioning; Object Validation; The java.io.Externalizable Interface; Instantiating Serialized Objects. Part 6 JAR Files: The jar Program; The Manifest; Using JAR Files with HTML; Using JAR Files on the CLASSPATH; An Alternative to the jar Program. Part 7 The BeanBox Tool: Running BeanBox; Dropping Beans on BeanBox; Editing a Bean's Properties; Hooking Up Beans; Saving and Restoring the BeanBox Form; Adding Your Own Beans to BeanBox. Part 8 Putting It All Together: Defining the Temperature Control Simulator; Building the Simulator; A Sample Simulator Applet; Creating a JAR File; Recreating the Sample Using BeanBox. Part 9 Introspection: The BeanInfo Interface; Providing Additional BeanInfo Objects; Introspecting the Environment [_TOC_A_]; The BeansBook.Simulator; BeanInfo Classes 21610. Part 10 Property Editors and Customizers: Property Editors; Customizers. Part 11 ActiveX: The JavaBeans ActiveX Bridge; Technology Mapping; Using Beans in Visual Basic. Appendixes: Design Patterns; The java.beans Package.
