8.2. JavaBeans

A JavaBean is basically a standard Java class that adheres to a set of fairly simple design and naming conventions. A JavaBean defines its exported methods and objects in a standardized naming convention that can be easily derived by the calling application. This provides a programmatic entry (interface) into the JavaBean without understanding how the JavaBean works internally.

There are actually no requirements for a JavaBean to extend or super class any other object. Any class that follows the JavaBean conventions is a JavaBean. The true essence of creating new JavaBeans is really a programming paradigm more than calling specific API methods.