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Sometimes a single word can really wreak havoc, and "Bean" is one such word.

My enthusiasm for Java took a distinct nose dive the first time Iencountered the implementation details for the dreaded Enterprise Java Bean. It was quite a shock, and I did everything that I could to avoid using them. Now that EJB3 has significantly lessened the learning curve, many of my initial complaints have been addressed, but there's still something not-quite-right.

Java Bean was a cute pun. What better name for a nice little package of Java functionality; but when you look at the Sun's definition for Java Bean, it becomes pretty clear that the original analogy didn't anticipate Enterprise Java.

for read more information:
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/johnreynolds/archive/2005/10/how_beans_sidet_1.html