[java] How to create a POJO?

Recently I've started hearing about "POJOs" (Plain Old Java Objects). I googled it, but still don't understand the concept well. Can anyone give me a clear description of a POJO?

Consider a class "Person" with variables "id, name, address, salary" -- how would I create a POJO for this scenario? Is the code below a POJO?

public class Person {
    //variables
    People people = new People();
    private int id;
    private String name;
    private String address;
    private int salary;


    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public String getAddress() {
        return address;
    }

    public int getSalary() {
        return salary;
    }

    public void setId() {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public void setName() {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public void setAddress() {
        this.address = address;
    }

    public void setSalary() {
        this.salary = salary;
    }
}

POJO:- POJO is a Java object not bound by any restriction other than those forced by the Java Language Specification.

Properties of POJO

1. All properties must be public setter and getter methods
2. All instance variables should be private
3. Should not Extend prespecified classes.
4. Should not Implement prespecified interfaces.
5. Should not contain prespecified annotations.
6. It may not have any argument constructors

Example of POJO

public class POJO {

    private String value;

    public String getValue() {
         return value;
    }

    public void setValue(String value) {
        this.value = value;
    }
}

When you aren't doing anything to make your class particularly designed to work with a given framework, ORM, or other system that needs a special sort of class, you have a Plain Old Java Object, or POJO.

Ironically, one of the reasons for coining the term is that people were avoiding them in cases where they were sensible and some people concluded that this was because they didn't have a fancy name. Ironic, because your question demonstrates that the approach worked.

Compare the older POD "Plain Old Data" to mean a C++ class that doesn't do anything a C struct couldn't do (more or less, non-virtual members that aren't destructors or trivial constructors don't stop it being considered POD), and the newer (and more directly comparable) POCO "Plain Old CLR Object" in .NET.

1. File-setting-plugins-Browse repositories
2. Search RoboPOJOGenerator and install, Restart Android studio
3. Open Project and right click on package select on Generate POJO from JSON
4. Paste JSON in dialogbox and select option according your requirements
5. Click on Generate button

POJO class acts as a bean which is used to set and get the value.

public class Data
{


private int id;
    private String deptname;
    private String date;
    private String name;
    private String mdate;
    private String mname;

    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getDeptname() {
        return deptname;
    }

    public void setDeptname(String deptname) {
        this.deptname = deptname;
    }

    public String getDate() {
        return date;
    }

    public void setDate(String date) {
        this.date = date;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getMdate() {
        return mdate;
    }

    public void setMdate(String mdate) {
        this.mdate = mdate;
    }

    public String getMname() {
        return mname;
    }

    public void setMname(String mname) {
        this.mname = mname;
    }
}

According to Martin Fowler

The term was coined while Rebecca Parsons, Josh MacKenzie and I were preparing for a talk at a conference in September 2000. In the talk, we were pointing out the many benefits of encoding business logic into regular java objects rather than using Entity Beans. We wondered why people were so against using regular objects in their systems and concluded that it was because simple objects lacked a fancy name. So we gave them one, and it’s caught on very nicely.

Generally, a POJO is not bound to any restriction and any Java object can be called a POJO but there are some directions. A well-defined POJO should follow below directions.

1. Each variable in a POJO should be declared as private.
2. Default constructor should be overridden with public accessibility.
3. Each variable should have its Setter-Getter method with public accessibility.
4. Generally POJO should override equals(), hashCode() and toString() methods of Object (but it's not mandatory).
5. Overriding compare() method of Comparable interface used for sorting (Preferable but not mandatory).

And according to Java Language Specification, a POJO should not have to

1. Extend pre-specified classes
2. Implement pre-specified interfaces
3. Contain pre-specified annotations

However, developers and frameworks describe a POJO still requires the use prespecified annotations to implement features like persistence, declarative transaction management etc. So the idea is that if the object was a POJO before any annotations were added would return to POJO status if the annotations are removed then it can still be considered a POJO.

A JavaBean is a special kind of POJO that is Serializable, has a no-argument constructor, and allows access to properties using getter and setter methods that follow a simple naming convention.

Read more on Plain Old Java Object (POJO) Explained.

A POJO is a Plain Old Java Object.

From the wikipedia article I linked to:

In computing software, POJO is an acronym for Plain Old Java Object. The name is used to emphasize that a given object is an ordinary Java Object, not a special object, and in particular not an Enterprise JavaBean

Your class appears to already be a POJO.

import java.io.Serializable;

public class Course implements Serializable {

    protected int courseId;
    protected String courseName;
    protected String courseType;

    public Course() {
        courseName = new String();
        courseType = new String();
    }

    public Course(String courseName, String courseType) {
        this.courseName = courseName;
        this.courseType = courseType;
    }

    public Course(int courseId, String courseName, String courseType) {
        this.courseId = courseId;
        this.courseName = courseName;
        this.courseType = courseType;
    }

    public int getCourseId() {
        return courseId;
    }

    public void setCourseId(int courseId) {
        this.courseId = courseId;
    }

    public String getCourseName() {
        return courseName;
    }

    public void setCourseName(String courseName) {
        this.courseName = courseName;
    }

    public String getCourseType() {
        return courseType;
    }

    public void setCourseType(String courseType) {
        this.courseType = courseType;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return courseId;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (obj != null || obj instanceof Course) {
            Course c = (Course) obj;
            if (courseId == c.courseId && courseName.equals(c.courseName)
                    && courseType.equals(c.courseType))
                return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Course[" + courseId + "," + courseName + "," + courseType + "]";
    }
}

public class UserInfo {
        String LoginId;
        String Password;
        String FirstName;
        String LastName;
        String Email;
        String Mobile;
        String Address;
        String DOB;

        public String getLoginId() {
            return LoginId;
        }

        public void setLoginId(String loginId) {
            LoginId = loginId;
        }

        public String getPassword() {
            return Password;
        }

        public void setPassword(String password) {
            Password = password;
        }

        public String getFirstName() {
            return FirstName;
        }

        public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
            FirstName = firstName;
        }

        public String getLastName() {
            return LastName;
        }

        public void setLastName(String lastName) {
            LastName = lastName;
        }

        public String getEmail() {
            return Email;
        }

        public void setEmail(String email) {
            Email = email;
        }

        public String getMobile() {
            return Mobile;
        }

        public void setMobile(String mobile) {
            Mobile = mobile;
        }

        public String getAddress() {
            return Address;
        }

        public void setAddress(String address) {
            Address = address;
        }

        public String getDOB() {
            return DOB;
        }

        public void setDOB(String DOB) {
            this.DOB = DOB;
        }
    }

there are mainly three options are possible for mapping purpose

1. serialize
2. XML mapping
3. POJO mapping.(Plain Old Java Objects)

While using the pojo classes,it is easy for a developer to map with the database. POJO classes are created for database and at the same time value-objects classes are created with getter and setter methods that will easily hold the content.

So,for the purpose of mapping in between java with database, value-objects and POJO classes are implemented.