Forms Developer’s openness to the Internet standards of Java and XML enables you to leverage emerging standards to extend your Forms applications. For example, you can use Java to extend your application user interface using JavaBeans and Pluggable Java Components.

The Dynamic JavaBean Manager makes it easy for you to extend the Forms Java client with JavaBeans. It automatically registers the properties and methods of a specified JavaBean, making them available to you from PL/SQL in your Forms applications.

You can also access and use Java programs in your Forms applications. The Java Importer and the ORA_JAVA built-in package enable you to create Forms applications that can call and use Java code contained in standard, compiled Java classes. The Java Importer allows you to convert Java classes to PL/SQL packages within a Forms module. The ORA_JAVA built-in package contains programs that enable you to work with the generated PL/SQL of an imported Java class.