What is the advantage of using Java Beans?
I believe I understand what Java Beans are: Java class(es) which contain a no-arg constructor, are serializable, and expose their fields with getters and setters. Does a Java Bean have to expose all of its fields in order to qualify as a bean? If no, does it even have to expose any ? May Java Beans include constructors with arguments as well as a no-arg constructor? What is the purpose of Java Beans, other than to conform to a certain coding style? It seems there is a lot of talk about 'beans this' or 'beans that', but I don't know why they are advantageous, specifically. I can totally get