What are beans? I've seen references to them, but when looking up an explanation, I always get lost and confused.....
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JamesCherrill 4,733 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
Bean is short for JavaBean. The Wikipedia entry is a good place to start.
Its a java class that conforms to some simple conventions (especially: uses standard get/set methods for its variables, and can be serialised) that enable it to be used in a plug-n-play kind of way to build applications.
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