28 Application Module State Management

This chapter describes the application module state management facility and how to use it.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Section 28.1, "Understanding Why State Management is Necessary"

• Section 28.2, "The ADF Business Components State Management Facility"

• Section 28.3, "Controlling the State Management Release Level"

• Section 28.4, "What State Is Saved and When is It Cleaned Up?"

• Section 28.5, "Managing Custom User Specific Information"

• Section 28.6, "Managing State for Transient View Objects"

• Section 28.7, "Using State Management for Middle-Tier Savepoints"

• Section 28.8, "Testing to Ensure Your Application Module is Activation-Safe"

• Section 28.9, "Caveats Regarding Pending Database State"