Editing JavaBeans (section)

===Code example===
<syntaxhighlight lang=Java>
package player;

public class PersonBean implements java.io.Serializable {

    /** Properties **/
    private boolean deceased = false;

    private List list;

    /** Property "name", readable/writable. */
    private String name = null;

    /** No-arg constructor (takes no arguments). */
    public PersonBean() {
    }

    public List getList() {
        return list;
    }
	
    public void setList(final List list) {
        this.list = list;
    }

    /**
     * Getter for property "name".
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Setter for property "name".
     *
     * @param value
     */
    public void setName(final String value) {
        this.name = value;
    }

    /**
     * Getter for property "deceased"
     * Different syntax for a boolean field (is vs get)
     */
    public boolean isDeceased() {
        return deceased;
    }

    /**
     * Setter for property "deceased".
     * @param value
     */
    public void setDeceased(boolean value) {
        deceased = value;
    }
}
</syntaxhighlight>

'''<u><code>TestPersonBean.java</code></u>''':
<syntaxhighlight lang=Java>
import player.PersonBean;

/**
 * Class "TestPersonBean".
 */
public class TestPersonBean {
    /**
     * Tester method "main" for class "PersonBean".
     *
     * @param arguments
     */
    public static void main(final String[] arguments) {
        final PersonBean person = new PersonBean();

        person.setName("Bob");
        person.setDeceased(false);
        person.setList(new ArrayList());

        // Output: "Bob [alive]"
        System.out.print(person.getName());
        System.out.println(person.isDeceased() ? " [deceased]" : " [alive]");
    }
}
</syntaxhighlight>

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
<jsp:useBean id="person" class="player.PersonBean" scope="page"/>
<jsp:setProperty name="person" property="*"/>

<html>
    <body>
        Name: <jsp:getProperty name="person" property="name"/><br/>
        Deceased? <jsp:getProperty name="person" property="deceased"/><br/>
        <br/>
        <form name="beanTest" method="POST" action="testPersonBean.jsp">
            Enter a name: <input type="text" name="name" size="50"><br/>
            Choose an option:
            <select name="deceased">
                <option value="false">Alive</option>
                <option value="true">Dead</option>
            </select>
            <input type="submit" value="Test the Bean">
        </form>
    </body>
</html>
</syntaxhighlight>