Hello,
Now, at the very beginning I'm asking what are the advantages of using beans instead on working directly with java classes (using import for example). I have an application which will use a lot of forms to access an Oracle database and I have to choose between using or not Beans. Any suggestions?
Thank you!
JSPs should be presentation-centric, try to keep scriptlets to a minimum (ie. <% ... %>). You'd put most/all Java code into the bean. When done properly, the JSP will consist of mostly HTML code with a few directives, declarations, expressions, scriptlets and JSP tags (ie. <jsp:usebean ... />). If you end up with lots of Java code in a JSP then I'd wonder why you are using a JSP when a servlet-only solution would do just as well.
You can use regular Java objects as a bean, just avoid get/set properties. By doing this, you'll still get the scope benefits and the JSP can be presentation-centric.
If a plethora of get/set methods is your main concern, I would suggest using an IDE that creates the accessor methods for you.
