JavaBean Components

JavaBean Components

A JavaBeans component is a Java class with the following features:

• A no-argument constructor.
• Properties defined with accessors and mutators(getter and setter method).
• Class must not define any public instance variables.
• The class must implement the java.io.Serializable interface.

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Example of a JavaBean

import java.io.Serializable;

public class StudentBean implements Serializable
{
 private String name;
 private int roll;
   public StudentBean()
   {
    this.name="";
    this.roll="";
   }
   public void setName(String name)
   {
    this.name = name;
   }
   public String getName()
   {
    return name;
   }
   public int getRoll()
   {
    return roll;
   }
   public void setRoll(int roll)
   {
    this.roll = roll;
   }
}

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Using a JavaBean in JSP page

JavaBeans can be used in any JSP page using the <jsp:useBean> tag, For example:

<jsp:useBean id="bean name" scope="fully qualified path of bean" typeSpec/>

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Using any JavaBean property in JSP page

JavaBeans can be used in any JSP page using the <jsp:useBean> tag, <jsp:setProperty> tag and <jsp:getProperty> tag , For example:

<jsp:useBean id="id" class="bean class name" scope="fully qualified path of bean">
   <jsp:setProperty name="beans id" property="property name" value="value"/>
   <jsp:getProperty name="beans id" property="property name"/>
   ...........
</jsp:useBean>

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