<s>
Apache	B-Language
Beehive	I-Language
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
Java	B-Language
Application	O
Framework	O
that	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
EE-based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
various	O
open-source	O
projects	O
at	O
Apache	O
such	O
as	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apache	B-Language
Beehive	I-Language
uses	O
Java	B-Language
5	O
,	O
including	O
JSR-175	B-Language
,	O
a	O
facility	O
for	O
annotating	O
fields	O
,	O
methods	O
,	O
and	O
classes	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
treated	O
in	O
special	O
ways	O
by	O
runtime	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
builds	O
on	O
the	O
framework	O
developed	O
for	O
BEA	O
Systems	O
Weblogic	B-Language
Workshop	O
for	O
its	O
8.1	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
8.1	O
of	O
BEA	O
's	O
Weblogic	B-Language
Workshop	O
includes	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
improvements	O
over	O
version	O
7.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
version	O
8.1	O
,	O
BEA	O
created	O
a	O
whole	O
new	O
Integrated	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	B-Application
)	O
which	O
helped	O
programmers	O
to	O
develop	O
Java	O
EE-based	O
applications	O
more	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Workshop	O
8.1	O
only	O
had	O
limited	O
success	O
,	O
the	O
Weblogic	B-Language
Workshop	O
Framework	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
8.1	O
version	O
Workshop	O
was	O
recognized	O
as	O
a	O
solid	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Beehive	B-Language
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
4	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
retired	O
to	O
Apache	B-Application
Attic	I-Application
in	O
January	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
an	O
application	O
framework	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Apache	B-Language
Struts	I-Language
which	O
allows	O
easier	O
tooling	O
and	O
automatic	O
updating	O
of	O
the	O
various	O
Struts	O
configuration	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Controls	O
are	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
Beehive	B-Language
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
control	O
can	O
be	O
defined	O
as	O
a	O
program	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
access	O
enterprise-level	O
resources	O
such	O
as	O
Enterprise	B-Language
Java	I-Language
Beans	I-Language
(	O
EJBs	B-Language
)	O
,	O
web	O
services	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
consider	O
accessing	O
an	O
old	O
legacy	O
EJB	B-Language
2	O
bean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
involved	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
routine	O
code	O
like	O
getting	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
home	O
interface	O
,	O
then	O
creating/finding	O
an	O
EJB	B-Language
using	O
finder	O
methods	O
and	O
then	O
accessing	O
the	O
remote	O
methods	O
of	O
the	O
bean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
a	O
control	O
simplified	O
this	O
because	O
it	O
did	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
routine	O
coding	O
for	O
the	O
developer	O
,	O
who	O
could	O
work	O
on	O
business	O
logic	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
inner-details	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
essence	O
a	O
control	O
to	O
a	O
legacy	O
EJB	B-Language
2	O
bean	O
ensured	O
that	O
the	O
developer	O
could	O
simply	O
use	O
the	O
control	O
and	O
call	O
any	O
business	O
method	O
of	O
the	O
EJB	B-Language
,	O
using	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
as	O
any	O
other	O
Java	B-Language
class	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
EJB	B-Language
3	O
came	O
around	O
,	O
such	O
simplification	O
was	O
already	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
EJB	B-Language
specification	O
itself	O
,	O
and	O
Beehive	B-Language
controls	O
were	O
of	O
little	O
further	O
use	O
here	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Controls	O
come	O
with	O
a	O
standard	O
set	O
of	O
controls	O
wiz	O
EJB	B-Language
Control	O
,	O
Webservice	O
Control	O
,	O
Database	O
Control	O
and	O
JMS	O
Control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
third	O
component	O
of	O
Beehive	B-Language
enables	O
a	O
developer	O
to	O
create	O
webservices	O
using	O
meta-data/annotations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
this	O
approach	O
any	O
plain	O
Java	B-Language
class	O
can	O
be	O
converted	O
into	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
just	O
by	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
annotations	O
into	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
source	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
JSR-181	B-Language
which	O
builds	O
on	O
JSR-175	B-Language
.	O
</s>
