This attribute adds a setter and a getter method, following the Java Bean convention (first letter of the property is capitalized) used by popular Java web frameworks. For example:

    @BeanProperty
    var status = ""

adds the following methods to the generated code

    def setStatus(s: String) { this.status = s }
    def getStatus: String = this.status
  

However, you cannot call setStatus from Scala, you should use the normal Scala access and assignment.