Exposing Data

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 Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the

following:
Explain the role of application modules
Describe the characteristics of application modules
Create an application module
Explain how application modules can manage:
Business components transactions
Application state
Explain the role of the ADF Model

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 Oracle ADF Application Module (AM)

An Oracle ADF Business Component that encapsulates:

Active data model
Business service methods
for a logical unit of work, related to an end-user task.

OrderAM

PersonsVO1

OrdersVO1 via PersonOrderVL

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 Characteristics of an Application Module

Represents the data model that the client uses and has
one connection to the database
Provides transactional context for the application
Enables you to gather data customized to a client interface
so that data can be retrieved in one network round-trip
Can contain other application modules, called nested
application modules
Keeps track of all changes that affect data in the database
Provides remotely accessible methods to implement
application module behavior
Is deployable in multiple configurations
Can be easily reused in business logic tiers of other
applications

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 Creating an Application Module

1. In the New Gallery Business Tier, choose ADF Business

Components > Application Module to invoke the Create
Application Module Wizard.
2. Specify a name for the application module and identify the
package where it should belong.
3. Define the data model for
the application module by
selecting view objects
from a tree of available
view objects.

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 Defining the Data Model for the
Application Module

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 Using MasterDetail View Objects
in Application Modules

First level: Independent VO instances

OrderAMDataControl

CustomerVO1

OrderVO1 via CustomerToOrder

OrderVO2

Subordinate levels: VO instances accessed via a view link

display both master and detail.

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 Determining the Size of an
Application Module

Is it better to have one big application module, or lots of little

ones?
An application module is a logical unit of work.
Let use cases drive application module decisions:
Can be grouped by domain business objects involved
Grouped by the user-oriented view of business data required
Consider the possibility of reuse of the application module.
Consider service or transaction flow.

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 Business Components Transactions

Application modules:
Handle transaction and concurrency support
Use a single database connection
Provide transaction context for updates, deletes, and inserts
for all view objects in the application module, so all are
committed or rolled back at once
For nested application modules, the outermost application
module provides the transaction context for the others.
No coding is required unless you want to modify the
default behavior.

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 Application Module Pooling

Application module pooling:

Enables users to share application modules
Manages application state
Provides the same instance or one with an identical state
when requested by an application with managed state
Order Application Module Pool
Available

Referenced: Id like to be
used by User2

Unavailable: Im busy
right now!

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 Managing Application State

AM passivation saves transaction state in an XML

document stored in database
AM activation retrieves saved transaction state
Performed automatically when needed

Saved
state

Passivation Activation

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 The Role of ADF Model
Desktop Browser-based

ADF Swing Office JSP JSF ADF Faces / DVT View

Metadata Services (MDS)

Controller
Struts JSF/ADF Task Flow

ADF Bindings Model

Java EJB BAM BPEL Web ADFbc BI Essbase Portlets

Services Business
TopLink Services

Data
Services
Relational Data XML Data Legacy Data Packaged Apps

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 Describing the Course Application: Database
Objects

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 Describing the Course Application: View Objects

View objects exposed in View objects used

application modules for LOVs in the UI

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 Describing the Course Application: Data Controls

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned how to:

Explain the role of application modules
Describe the characteristics of application modules
Create an application module
Explain how application modules can manage:
Business components transactions
Application state
Explain the role of the ADF Model

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 Practice 6 Overview:
Defining Application Modules

This practice covers the following topics:

Packaging view objects in application modules to provide
the data needs of the application
Testing the business components

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