Java and associated technologies are emerging as the preferred way to build network management solutions, both for server and client side applications. Chief among the reasons for this growing trend is the ease of use of this new technology, shortening development cycles. The growth of this industry is also making more and more tools available to network management developers.
Java, being a new and fast evolving technology, has undergone many changes since it was first introduced. One of the significant changes in Version 2.0 was the adoption of a new event model, which also became a cornerstone of the Java Beans component model.
The introduction of the Java beans component model is a major change, which enables powerful component based development that promises to increase development productivity. Java beans puts a large library of software building blocks at a developers disposal, so sophisticated applications can be assembled more easily.