Oracle JDeveloper 10g for Forms & PL/SQL Developers: A Guide to Web Development with Oracle ADF

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ISBN: 9780072259605 | 0072259604
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Copyright: 9/28/2006

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The most efficient way to learn J2EE programming techniquesTwo Oracle experts demonstrate techniques for working within J2EE and JDeveloper for the thousands of developers currently using Oracle Forms and the PL/SQL language. Oracle is shifting their focus towards Java technologies, so you will need to know how to use the Java-based J2EE and JDeveloper. The book includes explanations of the Application Development Framework (ADF). Throughout, high-level and low-level Forms concepts are related to Java concepts so that you can become comfortable with the new terminology. Covers the new components required when developing and deploying a J2EE application Special mentions in the text describe how JDeveloper techniques translate to PL/SQL or Oracle Forms Covers JDeveloper 10.1.3 and ADF Faces All code and examples will be available online

Foreword

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

xvii

PART I Technology Overviews

J2EE Basics

(28)

What Do I Need to Know About Database Application Architecture?

(2)

What Is J2EE?

(12)

J2EE and Java EE 5

(1)

J2EE Parts

(1)

J2EE Platform

(10)

What Non-J2EE Web Technologies Are Popular in J2EE Environments?

(4)

User Interface Technologies

(3)

Web Services

(1)

How Do J2EE Architectures Differ from Traditional Architectures?

(1)

How Do I Choose Between J2EE and Oracle Forms and Reports?

(4)

Oracle's Direction

(1)

Oracle Forms or J2EE?

(2)

Oracle Reports or J2EE?

(1)

Should I Pay Attention to .NET?

(1)

How Does Oracle Forms Services Fit into J2EE?

(3)

Web Communications

(14)

How Does HTTP Work?

(8)

HTTP Request

(3)

HTTP Response

(3)

Methods

(1)

Other HTTP Features

(1)

What Are the Steps in a Web Application Roundtrip?

(3)

How Does Oracle Forms Services Use HTTP?

(2)

JDeveloper and ADF as RAD Tools

(34)

What Do We Mean by RAD?

(2)

What Is a Framework?

(6)

The Anatomy of a Framework

(2)

What Characterizes a Good Framework?

(2)

Oracle Forms as a Framework

(2)

What Is Oracle ADF?

(7)

How Do I Choose Technologies?

(1)

User Interface Technology

(2)

Database Integration

(2)

Why Is JDeveloper an IDE for RAD?

(18)

A Familiar IDE?

(1)

Getting Started with JDeveloper

(8)

Laying Out the IDE

(2)

Where Are the Wizards?

(3)

The RAD Is in the Frameworks

(3)

Required Web Languages and Java Language Basics

(28)

Which Languages Do I Really Need to Know?

(3)

How Much Code Will I Need to Write?

(1)

How Much of Which Languages Do I Need to Know?

(1)

What Do I Need to Know About XML?

(2)

Which Java Concepts Are Important?

(22)

Java Foundations

(12)

Control Structures

(3)

Datatypes

100

(3)

Operators

103

(1)

Resources

104

(3)

JavaServer Faces Basics

107

(28)

Why Was JSF Developed?

109

(1)

What Languages Other than Java Are Important to JSF Work?

110

(8)

What JSF Concepts Do I Really Need to Know Now?

118

(15)

What Is JSF?

118

(1)

Runtime Architecture

119

(3)

JSF-Oriented Files

122

(3)

Components

125

(7)

Designing Cross-Platform Interfaces

132

(1)

Where Can I Find Additional Information About JSF?

133

(2)

Websites

133

(1)

Printed Books

134

(1)

Business Services in ADF

135

(50)

How Do I Issue a Query to the Database?

136

(9)

Set up an Application Workspace and Project for ADF Business Components

137

(1)

Create the Query Object

137

(1)

Define the Query

138

(3)

Expose the Query

141

(2)

Test the Query

143

(2)

How Can I Update Data?

145

(4)

Create an Entity Object

146

(1)

Create an Updateable View Object

147

(1)

Define the View Object Attributes

148

(1)

Refine the View Object Query

148

(1)

Test the View Object

149

(1)

How Do I Generate a Primary Key Value?

149

(5)

Using a Database Trigger to Allocate Sequences

150

(3)

Mutating Data

153

(1)

How Do I Handle Transactions?

154

(4)

How Does Record Locking Work?

158

(5)

ADF Business Component Configurations

159

(4)

Where Is the Login Dialog?

163

(1)

Connection Pooling

163

(1)

Security the J2EE Way

163

(1)

How Do I Define Business Rules?

164

(10)

Database Referential Integrity Constraints

164

(4)

Data Content Validations

168

(2)

Complex Validations and Rules

170

(2)

Evaluation Order of Validations

172

(2)

How Can I Dynamically Change a Query?

174

(3)

How Can I Interface ADF BC with PL/SQL?

177

(8)

Calling a Stored PL/SQL Procedure

177

(3)

Returning Data from PL/SQL to ADF BC

180

(2)

Basing a Entity Object on PL/SQL

182

(3)

The ADF Model Layer

185

(28)

How Do I Create Data-Bound Pages?

186

(14)

The Data Control Palette

187

(1)

Using the Data Control Palette

188

(1)

``Drop as'' UI Options

189

(11)

What Files Are Involved in Data Binding?

200

(13)

Defining the Data Control

200

(5)

Using the Data Control

205

(7)

A Binding File Summary

212

(1)

ADF Model Advanced Bindings

213

(52)

How Can I Edit Data Bindings?

214

(32)

Attribute Bindings

216

(2)

Table Bindings

218

(4)

Action Bindings

222

(8)

Method Bindings

230

(2)

List Bindings

232

(5)

Navigation List Bindings

237

(1)

Boolean Bindings

238

(1)

Tree Bindings

239

(7)

Cleaning Up Bindings

246

(1)

What Is an Iterator?

246

(4)

How Can I Control Execution in the ADF Model?

250

(7)

Another Look at Executables

251

(2)

Overriding and Adding to the ADFm Life Cycle

253

(4)

What Are Parameters?

257

(1)

Populating Parameters

257

(1)

How Do I Write Code Using the ADF Model?

258

(7)

Access to Data and Methods

258

(3)

Executing Methods and Operations

261

(4)

PART II Developing the Application

Your First JSF

265

(44)

Hands-on Practice: Create a JSF Login and JSF Home Page

266

(37)

Create the Application Workspace and Project

268

(4)

Diagram the Page Flow

272

(2)

Create the Login and Home Pages

274

(8)

Add Components to the Login Page

282

(10)

Add Components to the Home Page

292

(6)

Add Navigation and Validation Logic to the Application

298

(5)

Centralizing Messages

303

(2)

Hands-on Practice: Create and Call a Message Bundle

305

(1)

Hands-on Practice: Access Message Bundle Messages with EL

306

(3)

Application Design Principles and Sample Application Overview

309

(24)

System Design

310

(10)

System Design Tools and the SDLC

310

(2)

Application Design Considerations

312

(5)

Best Practices

317

(3)

Sample Application System Design

320

(11)

Database Design

320

(2)

Application Design

322

(9)

Hands-on Practice: Create the Workspace and Projects

331

(2)

Home Page and Menus

333

(32)

Hands-on Practice: Create the Home Page and Menus

334

(31)

Prepare the Model Project

335

(6)

Prepare the ViewController Project

341

(2)

Create a Template

343

(13)

Copy the Template File and Customize the Copies

356

(5)

Complete the Home Pages

361

(4)

Search Page

365

(50)

Search and Edit Functions

366

(1)

Hands-on Practice: Develop the Employee Search Page

367

(48)

Prepare the Model Objects

368

(20)

Add Components to the Search Page

388

(8)

Refine the Search Page Functionality

396

(19)

Edit Page

415

(34)

Hands-on Practice: Complete the Edit Page

416

(33)

Prepare the Model Components

417

(5)

Create the Employees Edit Page

422

(11)

Finish Navigation from the Search Page

433

(5)

Build a Pulldown List and LOVs

438

(11)

Adding Security

449

(36)

Application Security

450

(7)

Security in Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports Applications

450

(1)

Security in Web Applications

450

(7)

Hands-on Practice: Set Up Security in the Sample Application

457

(28)

Configure Container Security

458

(3)

Define Application Security Settings

461

(15)

Add Security to the User Interface

476

(9)

PART III Additional Techniques

Sample Application Enhancements

485

(26)

Hands-on Practice: Load Audit Columns Using a Database Procedure and Application Context

487

(9)

Create the Database Objects

488

(4)

Set the Context from the Application

492

(4)

Hands-on Practice: Rename an ADF-Oriented JSF JSP File

496

(1)

Prevent SQL Injection Attacks

497

(8)

Securing Find Mode

499

(6)

Invoke Partial Page Rendering

505

(4)

Using PPR

505

(2)

Hands-on Practice: Use PPR to Disable the Menu Until Outstanding Changes Are Committed

507

(2)

Define Global Format Masks

509

(2)

Hands-on Practice: Apply Standard Formatting to the Salary Field

509

(2)

Oracle JHeadstart

511

(30)

What Is JHeadstart?

512

(3)

JHeadstart Benefits

512

(1)

Using JHeadstart

513

(2)

Understanding the Application Definition

515

(8)

Creating an Application Definition

515

(1)

The Application Definition Editor

516

(1)

Contents of the Application Definition

517

(6)

Running the JHeadstart Application Generator

523

(5)

Generator Templates

524

(1)

Generator Outputs

524

(2)

Making and Preserving Post-Generation Changes

526

(2)

Running the Generated Application

528

(5)

Examples of Generated Screens

528

(4)

The Role of the JHeadstart Runtime

532

(1)

JHeadstart Designer Generator

533

(2)

Design-Capturing Oracle Forms in Oracle Designer

534

(1)

Migrating Oracle Forms Applications

535

(3)

Is the Application Suitable for a Partial Migration?

536

(1)

How Do I Select a Migration Tool?

536

(2)

Licensing, Support, and Other Resources

538

(3)

Index

541

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Oracle JDeveloper 10g for Forms & PL/SQL Developers: A Guide to Web Development with Oracle ADF

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