The Architecture of FavaBeans

FavaBeans is based on the idea of being non-intrusive; this means that a domain object (i.e., part of your application, like an Employee or ShoppingCart object) should not have to know anything about FavaBeans. (This does not prevent you from integrating tightly with FavaBeans if you want or need to.) Our basic model is described by this diagram, taken from the FavaBeans Programmer's Guide:

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