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11g Release 1 (11.1.1.6.0)

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E ADF Desktop Integration Settings in the Web Application Deployment Descriptor

This appendix describes the values that you set for the ADF Desktop Integration servlet (adfdiRemote) so that the Fusion web application can use it. The appendix also describes the values in the deployment descriptor file that determine the behavior of the HTTP filter that ADF Desktop Integration provides, and provides an extract from a deployment descriptor file that shows these values in use.

This appendix includes the following sections:

Note:

Adding ADF Desktop Integration and ADF Library Web Application Support to the technology scope of your desktop integration project automatically generates the entries in the web.xml file discussed in this appendix. For more information, see Section 4.2, "Adding ADF Desktop Integration to a Fusion Web Application."

E.1 Configuring the ADF Desktop Integration Servlet

A Fusion web application with integrated Excel workbooks must contain entries in its deployment descriptor file (web.xml) to use the adfdiRemote servlet. The Excel workbooks that you integrate with a Fusion web application call this servlet to synchronize data with the Fusion web application. The adf-desktop-integration.jar file stores the servlet in the following directory:

MW_HOME\oracle_common\modules\oracle.adf.desktopintegration_11.1.1

where MW_HOME is the Middleware Home directory.

When you add ADF Desktop Integration to the technology scope of your project as described in Section 4.2, "Adding ADF Desktop Integration to a Fusion Web Application," ADF Desktop Integration automatically configures your deployment descriptor with the necessary entries to enable the servlet (DIRemoteServlet) on your Fusion web application. If required, then you can configure the servlet manually.

To configure the ADF Desktop Integration servlet:

  1. In JDeveloper, locate and open the deployment descriptor file (web.xml) for your ADF Desktop Integration project.

    Typically, this file is located in the WEB-INF directory of your project.

  2. Click the Servlets page, and then click the Add icon to create a row entry in the Servlets table. The icon is in the top-right corner of the servlets table.

    Enter the values as described in Table E-1 to enable the adfdiRemote servlet on the Fusion web application.

    Table E-1 Values to Enable adfdiRemote Servlet

    For this property... Enter this value...

    Name

    adfdiRemote

    Type

    Servlet Class

    Servlet Class/JSP file

    oracle.adf.desktopintegration.servlet.DIRemoteServlet


  3. In Servlets page, click the Servlet Mappings tab, and then click the Add icon to create a row in the Servlet Mapping table.

    Enter the value as described in Table E-2 to add a URL pattern for the adfdiRemote servlet in the Fusion web application. The value that you enter must match the value that you specify in the integrated Excel workbook for the RemoteServletPath workbook property. Note that values are case sensitive.

    Table E-2 Values to Add A URL Pattern to adfdiRemote Servlet

    For this property... Enter this value...

    URL Patterns

    /adfdiRemoteServlet


    Figure E-1 displays the Servlets page of web.xml of Master Price List module.

    Figure E-1 Servlets Page of Deployment Descriptor

    Illustrates Servlet mapping properties.
  4. Click the Filters page, and verify that whether a adfBindings filter exists in the Filters table. If an entry exists, select it and proceed to the next step. If there is no such entry, then click the Add icon to create a row entry in the Filters table. The icon is available in the top-right corner of the filters table.

    Enter the values as described in Table E-3 to add the ADF binding filter to the adfdiRemote servlet.

    Table E-3 Values to Add Binding Filter to adfdiRemote Servlet

    For this property... Enter this value...

    Name

    adfBindings

    Class

    oracle.adf.model.servlet.ADFBindingFilter


  5. In Filters page, click the Filter Mappings tab, and then click the Add icon to create a row in the Filter Mapping table.

    Enter the values as described in Table E-4 to add the mapping filter to the adfdiRemote servlet. The filter mapping must match with the Servlet name in Step 2.

    Table E-4 Values to Add Mapping Filter to adfdiRemote Servlet

    For this property... Enter this value...

    Mapping Type

    Servlet

    Mapping

    adfdiRemote


    Figure E-2 displays the Filters page of web.xml of Master Price List module.

    Figure E-2 Filters Page of Deployment Descriptor

    Illustrates Filter mapping properties.
  6. Save the deployment descriptor file, and then rebuild your ADF Desktop Integration project to apply the changes you made.

E.2 Configuring the ADF Desktop Integration Excel Download Filter

ADF Desktop Integration includes an HTTP filter in the adf-desktop-integration.jar stored in the following directory:

MW_HOME\oracle_common\modules\oracle.adf.desktopintegration_11.1.1

where MW_HOME is the Middleware Home directory.

You configure an entry in the deployment descriptor file (web.xml) of your Fusion web application so that the application invokes the HTTP filter to make changes in an integrated Excel workbook before the integrated Excel workbook is downloaded by the end user from the Fusion web application. These changes ensure that the integrated Excel workbook functions correctly when the end user opens it. The HTTP filter makes the following changes:

Note:

If you choose not to use the adfdiExcelDownload filter, you can instead use the workbook administration tool to set the WebAppRoot property on your workbooks. For more information, see Section D.1, "Using the Workbook Administration Tool."

By default, JDeveloper adds the HTTP filter to your ADF Desktop Integration project when you add ADF Desktop Integration to the technology scope of your project as described in Section 4.2, "Adding ADF Desktop Integration to a Fusion Web Application."

To configure the HTTP filter:

  1. In JDeveloper, locate and open the deployment descriptor file (web.xml) for your ADF Desktop Integration project.

    Typically, this file is located in the WEB-INF directory of your project.

  2. Click the Filters page, and verify that a adfBindings filter exists in the Filters table. If an entry exists, select it and proceed to the next step. If there is no such entry, then click the Add icon to create a row entry in the Filters table.

    Enter the values as described in Table E-5 to create a filter, or configure the values to modify the existing HTTP filter.

    Table E-5 Properties to Configure HTTP Filter

    For this property... Enter this value...

    Name

    adfdiExcelDownload

    Class

    oracle.adf.desktopintegration.filter.DIExcelDownloadFilter

    Display Name

    (Optional) In General Filter tab, enter a display name for the filter that appears in JDeveloper.

    Description

    (Optional) In General Filter tab, enter a description of the filter.


  3. In the Filters page, click the Filter Mappings tab, and then click the Add icon to create a row in Filter Mapping table.

    Add a filter mapping for integrated Excel workbooks that use the default file format (.xlsx) by entering values as described in Table E-6.

    Table E-6 Properties to Configure Filter Mappings

    For this property... Enter this value...

    Mapping Type

    URL Pattern

    Mapping

    *.xlsx

    Dispatcher Type

    No value is required for this property.


  4. Add another filter mapping for integrated Excel workbooks that use the macro-enabled workbook format (.xlsm) by entering values as described in Table E-7.

    Table E-7 Properties to Configure Filter Mappings

    For this property... Enter this value...

    Mapping Type

    URL Pattern

    Mapping

    *.xlsx

    Dispatcher Type

    No value is required for this property.


    Figure E-3 displays the Filters page of web.xml of Master Price List module.

    Figure E-3 Filters Page of Deployment Descriptor

    Displays Filters page properties.
  5. Click the Application page, expand MIME Mappings section, and click the Add icon.

    Add a MIME type for integrated Excel workbooks that use the default file format (.xlsx) by entering values as described inTable E-8.

    Table E-8 Properties to Add MIME Mappings

    For this property... Enter this value...

    Extension

    *.xlsx

    MIME Type

    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet


  6. Add another MIME type for integrated Excel workbooks that use the macro-enabled workbook format (.xlsm) by entering values as described in Table E-9.

    Table E-9 Properties to Add MIME Mappings

    For this property... Enter this value...

    Extension

    *.xlsm

    MIME Type

    application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12


    Figure E-4 displays the Application page of web.xml of Master Price List module.

    Figure E-4 Application Page of Deployment Descriptor

    Displays Application page of deployment descriptor.
  7. Save the deployment descriptor file, and then rebuild your ADF Desktop Integration project to apply the changes you made.

While updating filter and filter mapping information in the web.xml file, ensure that the filter for ADF Library Web Application Support (<filter-name>ADFLibraryFilter</filter-name>) appears below the adfdiExcelDownload filter entries, so that integrated Excel workbooks can be downloaded from the Fusion web application.

E.3 Examples in a Deployment Descriptor File

The following extracts from the web.xml file of a Fusion web application with ADF Desktop Integration in its technology scope show the entries that you configure for a desktop integration project. For more information ordering of filters, see Section 4.2.2, "What Happens When You Add ADF Desktop Integration to Your JDeveloper Project."

<filter>
        <filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
        <filter-class>
            oracle.adf.model.servlet.ADFBindingFilter</filter-class>
        </filter>
        <filter>
            <filter-name>adfdiExcelDownload</filter-name>
            <filter-class>
                oracle.adf.desktopintegration.filter.DIExcelDownloadFilter
            </filter-class>
        </filter>
        <filter-mapping>
            <filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
            <servlet-name>adfdiRemote</servlet-name>
        </filter-mapping>
        <filter-mapping>
            <filter-name>adfdiExcelDownload</filter-name>
            <url-pattern>*.xlsx</url-pattern>
        </filter-mapping>
        <filter-mapping>
            <filter-name>adfdiExcelDownload</filter-name>
            <url-pattern>*.xlsm</url-pattern>
        </filter-mapping>
        <servlet>
            <servlet-name>adfdiRemote</servlet-name>
            <servlet-class>
                oracle.adf.desktopintegration.servlet.DIRemoteServlet
            </servlet-class>
        </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>adfdiRemote</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/adfdiRemoteServlet</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <mime-mapping>
        <extension>xlsx</extension>
        <mime-type>
            application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
        </mime-type>
    </mime-mapping>
    <mime-mapping>
        <extension>xlsm</extension>
        <mime-type>
            application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12
        </mime-type>
    </mime-mapping>