Oracle

Application Framework
Vamshi krishna

Topics:

Introduction to OAF
Pre-requisites for learning OAF
OAF Architecture
JDeveloper tool & Versions
Steps to Develop/Customize of OAF pages
Registration OAF pages in Oracle Applications11i.

Introduction to OAF
Oracle Applications Framework is the Oracle
Applications development and deployment
platform for HTML-based business applications
OA Framework consists of a set of middle-tier
runtime services and a design-time extension to
Oracle9i JDeveloper called Oracle Applications
Extension (OA Extension).

Introduction to OAF..(Contd..)

End User Productivity

Enterprise-Grade Performance and Scalability

Developer Productivity

Application Customizability

Open Standards

Pre-requisites for learning OAF

You need to have an Oracle Apps 11i or higher

environment to play around with.

Basic knowledge of java is needed. Rather I

would say basic knowledge of OOP [Object

Oriented Programming] is needed. I mean just
the concepts.
Understand MVC concept.

OAF Architecture

Model View Controller ( MVC), its over view

OAF Architecture(Contd)

OAF Architecture(Contd)
Overview of Model
The Model is where the application implements its business logic
The model component is implemented using the BC4J.BC4J Consists of
three components

Entity Object and Associations.

View Object and View Link objects.

Application Module.
Entity Object and Associations : Entity Objects represents a database row in
middle-tire. Database rows are represented as individual entities, in which
attributes typically corresponds to columns in the corresponding table to
automatically implement queries,inserts,updates and deletes.
Entity objects can also be based on views, synonyms or snapshots.
most entity objects that you create subclass that:
oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OAEntityImpl;
Associations are used to establish the relationship between the entity
objects.
When you create an entity object, framework will provide you a java class
with the setter and getter methods corresponding to each column of the
table to which you are entity object is based on.

OAF Architecture(Contd)
View Objects
view object accesses the result set of a sql statement. It can be
either based on the entity object or on plain sql query. All view objects
that you create subclass the
Oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OAViewObjectImpl.

Application Module
A logical container that manages and provides access to related BC4J
model objects. All application modules that you create subclass the
Oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OAApplicationModuleImpl

OAF Architecture(Contd)
The View :
The OA Framework View is implemented using UI XML (UIX). UIX
uses XML to describe the components and hierarchy that make
up an application page. UIX also provides runtime capabilities to
translate that metadata into HTML output so that it can be shown
on a Browser or a mobile device.
The metadata used to describe the UI is loaded into a database
repository, called Meta Data Services (MDS), at deployment time
and optionally at design time as well.

The Controller:
The Controller responds to user action and direct aplication flow. It
provides the writing between the UIX web bean and the middletier.All the controllers that we create subclass the
oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAControllerImpl.
The controller will request from HTTP Get and Http Post.

OAF Architecture(Contd)
Controller Methods
Process Request
Process Form Data
Process Form Request
Process Request:
This phase is invoked upon a browser Get or redirect/forward. This is where custom code
can call the application module to intialize and query the data. this phase may optionally
construct or modify the web beans to create or alter the page structure and web bean
properties.
Process Form Data:
This phase is invoked upon a browser post. During this phase the framework will
automatically applies form changes back to the underlying view objects. Rarely custom
code required in this phase. if exceptions are thrown during this phase, the process form
request phase is skipped and the page is redisplayed.
Process Form Request:
This phase is invoked upon a browser post , assuming no exceptions were thrown during
the process form data phase. This is were custom code can handle the submit events call
the application module to process the event.

OAF Architecture(Contd)
Framework passes two parameters OA PageContext and OAWebBean
Usage of OA PageContext:

To get and set values of the fields, using oapagecontext.getparameter and

oapagecontext.putparameter.
For redirecting to the current page or anotherpage, for example to redirecting to
current page itself use oapagecontext.forwardimmediatelyToCurrentpage. Or you
may use oapagecontext.sendRedirect.

Usage of OAWebBean:

Remember that webbean represents the hierarchy/structure of components in the

page.Hence using this parameter object, you can get a handle to any
bean/component in that page hierarchy.once you have a handle to that bean(say
field bean or button bean), you can then invoke methods like set Rendered etc to
change the behaviour of page at runtime.some examples are
1. OA WebBean
LastName=oawebbean.findindexedChildRecursive(personlastname);
2. OAStackLayoutBean
oastack=oawebbean.findindexedChildRecursive(stackRegionName);

OAF Architecture(Contd)
Onion Structure of OAF

BC4J File Structures

AM AND VO -> BC4J

XXAAM.oracle.apps.po.xxname.server

Entity Object(EO) -> BC4J

XXAAM.oracle.apps.po.xxname.schema.server
LOV ->BC4J
XXAAM.oracle.apps.po.xxname.LOV.server
Poplist ->BC4J
XXAAM.oracle.apps.po.xxname.poplist.server
Controller & Page
XXAAM.oracle.apps.po.xxname.webui

JDeveloper tool & Versions

Jdeveloper9i is tool to develop OAF pages as well as

customizations.
p4045639_11i_GENERIC download this patch from
oracle metalink.
We have three folders jdevbin,jdevdoc,jdevhome in
that patch.
Setting up jdeveloper into your workstation.

Development of OAF Pages.

Creating Simple Page.

Creating Hellow World Page.
Some sample example Pages.

Development OAF Pages.(Contd..)

Search Page
Automatic Search.
Manual Search.
Creating LOV.
Creating Dropdown list.

Development OAF Pages.(Contd..)

Create Page
How to Use java Based EO.
How to Use PL/SQL Based EO.

Development OAF Pages.(Contd..)

Update Page

How to use SPEL.

Development OAF Pages.(Contd..)

Delete Page
How to create Dialog box in OAF.

Development OAF Pages.(Contd..)

How to call oracle Sql and PL/SQL
in OAF

Prepare Statement.
Callable Statement.
Calling Oracle APIS.

Register OAF Pages in Oracle Apps11i

Deploying OAF Pages into Application

Transferring the related source code/files to

the Oracle APPS environment.
Importing the new directory structure/path of
the page/form in the MDS repository.
Registration of the page in the Oracle Apps
environment

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