JoltBeans uses the following terms to describe its functionality:

JavaBeans

Portable, platform-independent, reusable software components that are graphically displayed in a development environment.

JoltBeans

Two sets of Java Beans: JoltBeans toolkit and Jolt aware GUI beans.

Custom GUI element

A Java GUI class that communicates with JoltBeans. The means of communication can be JavaBeans events, methods, or properties offered by JoltBeans.

Jolt-Aware Bean

A bean that is the source of JoltInputEvents, listener of JoltOutputEvents, or both. Jolt-aware beans are a subset of Custom GUI elements that follow beans guidelines.

Jolt-Aware GUI Beans

Two packages of GUI components Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and Swing, both containing the JoltList, JoltCheckBox, JoltTextField, JoltLabel, and JoltChoice components.

JoltBeans Toolkit

A JavaBeans-compliant interface to Oracle Jolt, which includes the JoltServiceBean, JoltSessionBean, and JoltUserEventBean.

Wiring

The process of connecting beans together so that one bean is registered as a listener of events from another bean.