A bean is simply a class that adheres to the following rules.

• Has getters and setters methods (eg setFoo, getFoo)
• A public no-argument constructor
• Implements java.io.Serializable

For example, lets say you've created a dynamic web application that contains a package named com.sample.main.

And then you've created a class called People in the package.

Add the following to MyBean.java. This bean will display the text "John Doe".

package com.sample.main;

// implement java.io.Serializable
public class MyBean implements java.io.Serializable {

    // private variables
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -3774654564564563L;
    private String name;

    // constructor
    public MyBean() {
    	name = "Jane Doe";
    }
    public MyBean(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    // getter
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
    // setter
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
}

The bean can be imported into a JSP page.