Java Reflection, Java Beans and Serialization

Java Technologies are really fascinating.

Java Reflection API
Used to modify or examine runtime behaviour of applications running in JVM.

Java Beans
JavaBeans™ is:
portable
platform-independent component model.

Serialization
To quote from JavaBeans tutorial, "object serialization means converting an object into a data stream and writing it to storage. Any applet, application, or tool that uses that bean can then "reconstitute" it by deserialization. The object is then restored to its original state."