Developing Java Beans

Part 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.