20 Creating Data Control Adapters

If you need data controls beyond those that are provided by JDeveloper, you can create your own. ADF supports two main ways to create data controls:

• Create a JavaBean to represent the data source.

• Create a data control adapter for the data source type.

This chapter describes the second option: creating a data control adapter. For information about data controls, see Chapter 1, "Introduction to Oracle ADF Applications".

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Section 20.1, "Introduction to the Simple CSV Data Control Adapter"

• Section 20.2, "Overview of Steps to Create a Data Control Adapter"

• Section 20.3, "Implement the Abstract Adapter Class"

• Section 20.4, "Implement the Data Control Definition Class"

• Section 20.5, "Implement the Data Control Class"

• Section 20.6, "Create any Necessary Supporting Classes"

• Section 20.7, "Create an XML File to Define Your Adapter"

• Section 20.8, "Build Your Adapter"

• Section 20.9, "Package and Deploy Your Adapter to JDeveloper"

• Section 20.10, "Location of Javadoc Information"