Beehive is an Apache project that simplifies J2EE and Web Services programming. Beehive simplifies the J2EE programming model by using Java Annotations (JSR 175) reducing the number of artifacts a developer has to interact with. Beehive is made up of three pieces: NetUI: An annotation-driven MVC web-framework built on top of Struts. Controls: A lightweight, metadata-driven component framework based on Java Beans. In addition, there is a set of System controls providing access to reso