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Mastering JavaBeans is a comprehensive guide to the ins and outs of developing with JavaBeans. The book provides an excellent short introduction to the history of computing, including a detailed chronology so the reader can see where Java and JavaBeans fit in.
The rest of the book concerns itself with the fundamentals of JavaBeans, including chapters on properties, events, serialization, introspection, and reflection. The more advanced topics covered here are Bean customizers and custom graphical user interface (GUI) property editors. Generally, the source code is excellent and clearly presented.
The author completes this book by offering his own set of toolkits (libraries) with many of the routines used in the samples. The author offers additional routines for such common programming tasks as strings, numerical processing, and debugging.
Book Description
JavaBeans lets Java programs run on ALL computers. Mastering JavaBeans provides comprehensive coverage of this ultimate Java cross-platform programmer's tool. In addition to coverage of every JavaBean feature, the author provides extensive troubleshooting information, scores of undocumented problem-solving tips, hundreds of real-world application development examples, and even coverage of the new AWT 1.1 Event Delegation Model, which is the key to understanding the latest version of Java.