Integrating a Constraint Mechanism With the JavaBeans Model

Authors

William M. Shapiro, Washington University in St Louis

Document Type

Technical Report

Department

Computer Science and Engineering

Publication Date

1998-01-01

Filename

WUCS-98-12.PDF

Technical Report Number

WUCS-98-12

Abstract

The JavaBeans component model allows users to plug together software components to create Java applications by specifying simple relationships between component events and properties. This paper describes work on augmenting the simple JavaBeans model with a multi-way constraint mechanism that allows users to graphically specify more complex multi-way contraints, resolve cyclical constraints between bean properties and graphically layout bean components. We also discuss weaknesses in the JavaBeans model and Java Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) that were discovered while integrating a constraint mechanism with JavaBeans.

Comments

Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K7JM27WQ

Recommended Citation

Shapiro, William M., "Integrating a Constraint Mechanism With the JavaBeans Model" Report Number: WUCS-98-12 (1998). All Computer Science and Engineering Research.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cse_research/467