no body there ...

FYI, http://getahead.ltd.uk/dwr/documentation is where I am, not the page at
dwr.dev.java.net - the uk address is the main project website.

http://getahead.ltd.uk/dwr/server/dwrxml talks about web.xml

http://getahead.ltd.uk/dwr/server/dwrxml/creators is the first thing you
need to look at. I have both a creator and a converter:

<!DOCTYPE dwr PUBLIC
    "-//GetAhead Limited//DTD Direct Web Remoting 1.0//EN"
    "http://www.getahead.ltd.uk/dwr/dwr10.dtd">
<dwr>
  <allow>
    <create creator="new" javascript="Demo">
      <param name="class" value="com.yourwebmail.Addit"/>
    </create>
    <convert converter="bean" match="com.yourwebmail.Addit"/>
  </allow>
</dwr>

I don't use BeanShell or Spring, so I'm creating the bean using the
creator="new" attribute in the create tag. It's exposed to my Javascript as
an object named Demo.

The creator can specify which methods are exposed to Javascript.

Then the converter tag uses the Bean converter,
http://getahead.ltd.uk/dwr/server/dwrxml/converters/bean

to actually convert my JavaBean into something usable by Javascript.

My Addit class is

package com.yourwebmail;

public class Addit {
   public int add3(int i) {
      return(i+3);
   }
}

and I call it this way:

<script type="text/javascript"
    src="http://YOUR_HOSTNAME_HERE/dwr/interface/Remote.js"> </script>
<script type="text/javascript"
    src="http://YOUR_HOSTNAME_HERE/dwr/engine.js"> </script>
<script>
function handleGetData(str)
{
  alert(str);
}

Demo.add3(42, handleGetData);
</script>

This calls my class's add3 method, passes in 42 and will pop up an alert box
displaying 45.

Hopefully this is clearer to you having seen all of the pieces in one place
but again, I strongly suggest that you look at the samples.

The Javascript variable is whatever you specify in the javascript attribute
of the <creator> tag. Mine is "Demo"

See above.

Don't think "converted" - think "exposed to JavaScript". On the backend, DWR
will still make a method call to your POJO.

Yes.