How can we call a java bean from a servlets in a MVC Design structure?

[senthil sen]

how to call a java bean in a servlet and use the properties of the java bean in a servlets.?
In jsp we can use <usebean> tag but in servlets??

[boyet silverio]

in page, e.g.
<jsp:useBean id="bic" class="BallPen" scope="request"/>
in servlet.e.g.
BallPen bp = (BallPen)request.getAttribute("bic");
hope this helps.
[ January 17, 2003: Message edited by: boyet silverio ]

[SunMS Bridge]

You can directly create an instance of the bean and start using the methods in the bean. Make sure you import the package before you access the methods.
import xxx.beans.color;
...
...
Color myColor = new Color();
// to set the bean values
myColor.setRed("23");myColor.setBlue("55");
myColor.setGreen("66");
// to get the bean values
String red = myColor.getRed("23");
String blue= myColor.setBlue("55");
String green = myColor.setGreen("66");
That should work!!!

[Tim Holloway]

Actually, you can be "MVS-like", but as I've been occasionally known to explain, TRUE MVC isn't possible under the restrictions of HTTP.
Actually, the bean property tags in JSPs do little more than resolve to the same set/get methods you invoke in servlets.
And after all, that's the defining characteristic of a JavaBean - a component object whose properties are accessed with get/set methods.
You can also do MVC-like (Model 2, to be precise) using the Jakarta Struts framework. See http://jakarta.apache.org/struts .