Oracle ADF Training

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: Build Applications with ADF I

Introduction to Fusion and ADF

• Describing Fusion architecture
• Explaining how ADF fits into the Fusion architecture
• Describing the ADF technology stack (MVC)

Getting Started with JDeveloper

• Listing JDeveloper benefits for application development
• Using the features of the JDeveloper IDE
• Defining IDE preferences
• Creating applications, projects, and connections in JDeveloper

Building a Data Model with ADF Business Components

• Introducing ADF Business Components
• Creating Business Components from tables
• Testing the data model

Querying and Persisting Data

• Using view objects
• Using entity objects to persist data
• Synchronizing entity objects with database table changes
• Creating associations
• Creating updateable view objects
• Creating master-detail relationships
• Refactoring

Exposing Data

• Creating application modules
• Using master-detail view objects in application modules
• Managing Business Components transactions
• Abstracting business services with ADF Model

Declaratively Customizing Data Services

• Internationalizing the data model
• Editing business components
• Modifying default behavior of entity objects
• Changing the locking behavior of an application module

Programmatically Customizing Data Services

• Generating Java classes
• Programmatically modifying the behavior of entity objects
• Programmatically modifying the behavior of view objects
• Adding service methods to an application module
• Using client APIs

Validating User Input

• Understanding validation options: Database, Data Model, or UI
• Triggering validation execution
• Handling validation errors
• Using Groovy expressions in validation
• Using programmatic validation

Troubleshooting ADF BC Applications

• Troubleshooting the business service
• Troubleshooting the UI
• Using logging and diagnostics
• Using the JDeveloper debugger

Understanding UI Technologies

• Describing the use of Web browsers and HTML
• Describing the function of Servlets and JSPs
• Defining JavaServer Faces
• Explaining the JSF component architecture and JSF component types
• Explaining the purpose of backing beans and managed beans
• Describing the JSF life cycle
• Explaining how ADF Faces augments the JSF life cycle

Binding UI Components to Data

• Creating a JSF page
• Adding UI components to a page
• Describing the ADF Model layer
• Using Expression Language in data bindings
• Using a Page Definition file
• Examining data binding objects and metadata files
• Binding existing components to data
• Running and testing the page

Planning the User Interface

• Describing the Model-View-Controller design pattern
• Differentiating between bounded and unbounded task flows
• Creating and converting task flows
• Defining control flows
• Defining global navigation
• Creating routers for conditional navigation
• Calling methods and other task flows
• Implementing validation in the user interface

Adding Functionality to Pages

• Internationalizing the user interface
• Using component facets
• Displaying tabular data in tables
• Displaying hierarchical data in trees
• Displaying text or media with icons and images
• Defining search forms and display results
• Displaying data graphically

Implementing Navigation on Pages

• Using ADF Faces navigation components
• Using buttons and links
• Using menus for navigation
• Using breadcrumbs
• Using a train component

Achieving the Required Layout

• Using complex layout components
• Explaining how to use ADF Faces skins
• Using dynamic page layout

Ensuring Reusability

• Designing for reuse
• Using task flow templates
• Creating and using page templates
• Creating and using declarative components
• Creating and using page fragments
• Deciding which type of reusable component to use

Passing Values Between UI Elements

• Defining the data model to reduce the need to pass values
• Using a managed bean to hold values
• Using page parameters
• Using task flow parameters
• Passing values from containing pages to regions

Responding to Application Events

• Using managed beans
• Coordinating JSF and ADF lifecycles
• Using phase and event listeners
• Using action listeners and methods
• Understanding additional AJAX events

Implementing Transactional Capabilities

• Handling transactions with ADF BC
• Using task flows to control transactions
• Sharing data controls
• Handling transaction exceptions
• Defining response to the Back button

Implementing Security in ADF BC Applications

• Exploring ADF Application security options
• Understanding ADF security framework
• Enabling users to access resources
• Implementing a Login page
• Understanding ADF controller authorization
• Using Expression Language to extend security capabilities

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: Build Applications with ADF II

Explore the Project Structure and Core File Architecture

• Defining File Structure of a Project
• Examining Metadata Structure
• Understand about Page Definition Files
• Defining ADF Data Control and Data Binding Files
• Exploring Connections
• Exploring ADF Faces and Web Configuration files

Extend the ADF Business Components Framework

• Examining general considerations when using ADF Business Components
• Understanding Framework Classes and Framework Hierarchy
• About PL/SQL in Business Components
• DML and Database Views
• DB Constraints, Compositions and Associations
• Transactions with Compositions and Associations
• Trigger assigned PK
• Many-to Many relationships and Auditing

Use ADF Business Components for Validation, Calculations and List of Values

• LOV View Objects
• List Data Source
• View Accessors
• Transient Attribute
• FK, Compare and Script Validations
• Groovy code
• View Criterias
• Registering Business Rules

Use Inheritance in the Business Domain Layer

• Implementing Inheritance
• Domain Layer
• Discriminators
• Supertype/Subtype
• Understanding Polymorphic Entity Usage
• Creating Polymorphic View Rows
• About Dynamic Rendering

ADF as part of a Service Oriented Architecture

• BPEL
• SCA
• Human Work Flow
• B2B Adaptor
• Service Data Objects
• Mediator Service
• WSDL

Implement Data Binding Concepts

• JSR-227 Data Controls and Bindings
• Understanding ADF Model
• Method, Accessor and Variable Iterators
• Value and Action Bindings
• DataBindings.cpx file
• Synchronization
• Data Control
• Named Bind Variables

Practical Data Binding in Action

• JSF & Data Model
• ADFm Life Cycle
• Custom Controllers
• Customizing ADF Page Lifecycle
• Custom Listeners
• Conditional Values
• Google-Style Query

Work with Managed Beans and JavaServer Faces

• Expression Language
• Understanding JSF Architecture and Life Cycle
• About Component Model and Navigation Model
• Managed Properties
• JSF Value Binding
• Backing Beans
• Context Objects

ADF Faces Advanced Features

• JSR-127 JSF Components
• AJAX & Partial Page Rendering
• PRP Attributes: partialSubmit, autoSubmit, partialTriggers
• Runtime Layout
• Page-Level Actions
• Printable pages
• Boolean Checkbox
• Graphs and Charts

Integrate with WebCenter

• Runtime Customization
• Content Management
• Portlets
• WebCenter Sevices
• Composer
• MDS
• WebCenter Spaces

Customize the Application Look and Feel with Skins

• Using CSS
• Skinning architecture
• Skin Configuration
• Skin Selectors
• Skin Development by example
• Instance-specific component skins
• Skin inheritance