A View is the fundamental component which displays some object. The actual interface is [perhaps somewhat deceptively] simple (Figure 2.1). In addition, we require that a compliant FavaBeans View implementation be a subclass of Component, thereby allowing it to be embedded in other UI elements.

Important

We may consider relaxing the requirement that a View be a subclass of Component; this would support frameworks where a view element is part of an abstract "scene graph" and not a directly paintable AWT/Swing component. We got this idea from Jazz, which we will probably be using as an additional "look and feel" for FavaBeans in the future.

Figure 2.1. Interface View.

The View.model property of a View permits a FavaBeans implementation to use a configured View repeatedly for viewing multiple objects.