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What is a JavaBean? A JavaBean or Java Bean is a reusable software component that works with Java and allows you to rapidly add functionality to your Java application. JavaBeans are usually visual in nature and are used to provide user interface (UI) control and input into to a Java app. These Java Controls or Java Widgets give you the ability to carry out data entry functions, take in user input to control your application and to display data outputs to the end user as text, in a graphical manner or as an image.

A Java IDE (Integrated Development Environment) or Java builder tool can examine the properties or attributes of a JavaBean, using introspection, to understand how a JavaBean works. The Java programmer can then use these properties at design-time inside the Java IDE to create and enhance the UI for the application. The Java app can then use the properties and methods of that JavaBean at run-time to make the JavaBean carry out certain pre-defined functions, such as displaying calendar data for a scheduling and planning application and then interact with the user to change the dates or re-schedule certain activities or tasks.

The JavaBeans listed in this Java Bean product gallery may be used for: displaying a calendar, planning & scheduling, selecting dates, resource planning, displaying data in a Java datagrid or Java datatable, displaying charts, displaying barcodes, displaying an image etc. Plus there are numerous Java widgets or Java controls to display input controls such as: buttons, toolbars, sliders, combo boxes, as well as Java treeview & Java listbox products and many more Java UI controls.

In this filtered view of our main product catalog, you will find a selection of products that are compatible with Embarcadero Technologies products, as well as CodeGear products that were formerly owned by Borland Software. Embarcadero bought CodeGear in June, 2008, CodeGear was previously a division of Borland, making the Borland IDEs known as: Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder and Borland JBuilder. These products were sometimes referred to as CodeGear Delphi, CodeGear C++ Builder and CodeGear JBuilder, but are now known as Embarcadero Delphi XE and Embarcadero C++ Builder XE. Plus there is an Embarcadero developer tool suite, consisting of all .NET Embarcadero developer tools known as Embarcadero RAD Studio XE. JBuilder is also available from Embarcadero, along with other Embarcadero database tools.

This Embarcadero product gallery or CodeGear marketplace is full of products that are compatible with the Embarcadero product range, CodeGear tools and Borland dev tools. For Delphi developers there are Delphi components available as CodeGear VCL products, there are CodeGear components and Borland library products that will work with both your old Borland IDE, Borland C++ Builder and the new Embarcadero IDE environments, such as Embarcadero C++ Builder XE. The products here are compatible with CodeGear tools (formerly Borland tools) and can be evaluated by downloading the product trial from the CodeGear download page for each specific CodeGear tool or CodeGear component that you are investigating. You can then evaluate the CodeGear library or CodeGear extension downloaded, read the CodeGear reviews written and posted by other CodeGear developers about it or as a CodeGear developer you could write a CodeGear review yourself.

You will find lots of mature products that are: Borland .Net compatible tools, Borland component products, Borland tools, Borland libraries and many newer or up to date products that are: CodeGear tools, CodeGear component extensions, CodeGear tools or CodeGear libraries. Finally, for the newer and more up to date products, you can read the Embarcadero News pages, that highlight the Embarcadero product news every time a new Embarcadero compatible product is released. This Embarcadero News feed is also available as an Embarcadero News RSS data feed for you to subscribe to, so that you can keep up to date with all the latest Embarcadero product news.