VisualAge can generate visual composites from GUI beans created outside the VisualAge development environment. This can save you editing time if the bean contains a large number of visual components. VisualAge constructs the composite by querying an instance of your GUI bean about its contents. This is what you can expect from this reverse-engineering process:
if (myBean == null) { myBean = new JTextField(); myBean.setName("myBean"); }
Undo is not supported for reverse-engineering visual composites. If you are not satisfied with the results, close the class browser without saving the newly engineered composite. In any case, version the bean before you reverse-engineer it.
To proceed with reverse-engineering, open the bean in the Visual Composition Editor. From the Bean menu, select Construct Visuals from Source.
Visual, Nonvisual, and Composite Beans
Importing Classes from the File System