Chapter 20. Developing JavaBeans Components for JSP
The JavaBeans specification[1] was developed with graphical components in mind. But JavaBeans represents a design pattern for components that also makes sense for faceless components in a server-side application. The JSP and JSTL specifications provide a number of ways to use JavaBeans components in web applications through standard actions and the JSP EL, as described in the previous chapters.
You can use JavaBeans components in a pure JSP application to structure the application and minimize the amount of logic needed in the JSP pages. In an application that uses both servlets and JSP pages, beans carry data between the two domains. By using beans with an eye towards the recommendations in the J2EE application programming model, you can also make it easier to migrate the business logic to Enterprise JavaBeans when warranted by new requirements.
In this chapter, we look at the JavaBeans model and how it applies to the type of faceless beans used for server-side applications; beans used in previous chapters will serve as examples.
[1] This specification is available at http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/docs/spec.html.
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