Trail: JavaBeans(TM)
JavaBeans™ makes it easy to reuse software components. Developers can use software components written by others without having to understand their inner workings.
To understand why software components are useful, think of a worker assembling a car. Instead of building a radio from scratch, for example, she simply obtains a radio and hooks it up with the rest of the car.
This trail describes JavaBeans using the following lessons:
BeanInfo
to customize the development experience in a builder tool.