Difference between java class and bean

Hai all,Can any one provide me what differs javabean from ana ordinary java class or what r the extra things we have to follow while writing a java bean.
[167 byte] By [Viplava] at [2007-11-27 4:04:18]
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A java bean is a java class. However java beans are generally used to load and store data. usually providing getter and setter methods to the UI.
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