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for building and distributing the components of a distributed comput-
ing environment. Effectively, the Bean technology provides a way
through Java introspection and reflection whereby a builder/developer
can determine the properties, methods, and events of a JavaBean.
3.3 Summary
This chapter looked into the characteristics of distributed systems, the
nature of n-tier architecture, and the enterprise component architecture.
The latter part of the chapter detailed the requirements of distributed sys-
tems that act as a reference for the remaining part of the topic. The last part
discussed the three main component standards (CORBA, Microsoft, and
Java). Java and Microsoft are the most widely used component development
technologies.