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Properties of a Java Bean that could be accesses via index. Usually such property is a collection like a List, or Map, or array. Both collections have an index/key that could be used as a property accessor.

Here's how it's used in the Java Tutorial:

Indexed Properties

An indexed property is an array instead of a single value. In this case, the bean class provides a method for getting and setting the entire array. Here is an example for an int[] property called testGrades:

public int[] getTestGrades() {
    return mTestGrades;
}

public void setTestGrades(int[] tg) {
    mTestGrades = tg;
}

For indexed properties, the bean class also provides methods for getting and setting a specific element of the array.

public int getTestGrades(int index) {
    return mTestGrades[index];
}

public void setTestGrades(int index, int grade) {
    mTestGrades[index] = grade;
}