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Tool Compliance in JavaBeans 1.0

The document describes what a builder tool should do in order to comply with the JavaBeans architecture.

This document is targeted at a variety of tool vendors that want to conform to the JavaBeans 1.0 architecture. Specific tools include:

Different types of tools may want to use different features of the JavaBeans architecture. Our intention is to specify only as much as necessary so that tool vendors can be as creative as possible in satisfying the specific needs of their customers.

The requirements listed in this document are organized by general area.

Acquiring Beans

Generating Beans

Generating Applets and Applications

Exposing information in a JAR file:

Exposing information on a Bean

Properties

Events

Methods

Event Sources, Even Sinks, Connections

Specific API usage

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Eduardo Pelegrí-Llopart (pelegri@eng.sun.com). Last update May 5th, 1997.