9 Developing a Web Application in an SOA System

This chapter describes how to develop a web application that needs to work within an SOA system. Specifically it covers using the Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) at a high level and how to use ADF to invoke web services. It also discusses how to work with web services in a web application that does not use ADF. For more detailed information about ADF, please refer to Oracle Application Development Framework Developer's Guide.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Section 9.1, "Introduction to Developing a Web Application in an SOA System"

• Section 9.2, "Creating a Web Application Workspace"

• Section 9.3, "Creating a Web Page"

• Section 9.4, "Creating and Using a Backing Bean for a Web Page"

• Section 9.5, "Displaying Collection and Detail Data Using ADF Data Binding"

• Section 9.6, "Collecting Data for Use by a Web Service"

• Section 9.7, "Testing the Web Application"