Using the BeanUtils Component

Abstract

A lot of today’s applications use JavaBeans. These beans do nothing smart but are primarily meant to move data around in a systematic format. I am using the term JavaBeans in a rather narrow sense. I mean simple Java classes adhering to the JavaBeans naming pattern that have a few fields and corresponding get and set methods. Their use is rampant, and most applications are full of these classes. They might be used as value objects, Struts ActionForm objects, and so on, but their purposes remain almost the same. These classes move data, in most cases using private variables with read and write access provided by the appropriate get and set methods.