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Features Pane--BeanInfo Page

Use this pane to view locally defined features for a bean. To view inherited features, browse the bean that defines the features. Initially, all local features except hidden and expert features are listed.

To specify which features are listed, open the Features menu, select Show, then select a choice to filter the list. The title of the Features pane reflects its filtered contents. The features that are listed for each title are as follows:

Features
All features of the bean
Normal Features
All features except hidden and expert features
Method Features
Features that provide bean behavior and access to bean properties
Property Features
Features that represent bean properties
Event Features
Features that report the occurrence of an event in your bean
Expert Features
Features that are marked in BeanInfo as expert
Hidden Features
Features that are marked in BeanInfo as hidden

Each listed feature is preceded by a symbol that indicates the feature type:

(Property icon)
Property
(Method icon)
Method
(Event icon)
Event

The following superscripts provide information about features in the pane:

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Bound
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Constrained
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Expert
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Hidden
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Indexed
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Readable
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Writeable

If you select a feature in the Features pane, the following information appears in other areas of the BeanInfo page:


Related procedures
Specifying Expert Features
Specifying Hidden Features

Related references
Features--BeanInfo Page
Definitions Pane--BeanInfo Page
Information Pane--BeanInfo Page
Source Pane--BeanInfo Page
Status Area--BeanInfo Page
BeanInfo Page