Design

Layering Applications

May 16, 2001 · 14 min read · java design ·

Maintainable applications can be quite tricky to develop. One of the keys to creating such a beast, is to properly layer your application.
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Creating JavaBean Property Editors

Mar 4, 2000 · 19 min read · java beans design ·

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Property editors are a way to make your bean more user-friendly. Bean builder tools can determine quite a lot about your bean just by looking at it and its corresponding BeanInfo class, but they usually have only very simple methods of editing the properties in the bean.
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JavaOne 2000/2001/2002

Mar 4, 2000 · 5 min read · java language design ·

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Some talks I gave at JavaOne in 2000, 2001, and 2002.
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The JavaBean Component Model

Mar 4, 2000 · 30 min read · java beans design ·

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The basics of the JavaBean Component Model
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Using JavaBean Accessors

Mar 4, 2000 · 5 min read · java language design ·

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Accessors are a key ingredient to proper encapsulation. The can restrict access to only read/write data, inform other objects of changes to data, and perform validation on new values being set. Consistent accessor usage makes class modification easy and transparent.
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Effective Layout Management

Jan 1, 1998 · 40 min read · java design ·

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Let's get familiar with Java Layout Managers!
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