What's New in This Guide for Release 11.1.1.7.3

For Release 11.1.1.7.3, this guide has been updated in several ways. The following table lists the sections that have been added or changed.

Note:

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For changes made to Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF) for this release, see the New Features page on the Oracle Technology Network at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jdev/documentation/index.html.

Sections Changes Made

Chapter 5, "Defining SQL Queries Using View Objects"

 

Section 5.12, "Working with Row Finders"

Section revised to describe row finder use cases and limitations.

Section 5.14.5, "How to Define UI Category Hints"

Section added to describe how to group attributes that a view object defines using UI category hints. You can use the category hint to aid the user interface to separate a large list of view object attributes into smaller groups related by categories.

Chapter 12, "Creating RESTful Web Services with Application Modules"

 

Chapter 12, "Creating RESTful Web Services with Application Modules"

Chapter added that describes how to create REST resources based on view object instances of the ADF application module and how to make these resources available as RESTful web services in a Fusion web application.

Chapter 15, "Consuming RESTful Web Services Using the ADF REST Framework"

 

Chapter 15, "Consuming RESTful Web Services Using the ADF REST Framework"

Chapter added that explains how the ADF REST framework enables the web service developer to expose RESTful web services for consumption by web service clients through a Web API.

Chapter 19, "Using Task Flows as Regions"

 

Section 19.12, "Creating Remote Regions in a Fusion Web Application."

Section added to describe how to create a remote region by invoking a task flow from a Fusion web application (the producer application) in a page of another Fusion web application (the consumer application).

Chapter 20, "Creating Complex Task Flows"

 

Section 20.16, "Reporting Incidents to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Diagnostic Framework"

Section added to describe how you can configure the <debug-history-size> element in your application's adf-config.xml file to stop the collection of events or modify the number of events that the ADF Controller collects to report to the Diagnostic Framework if an incident occurs in your application.

Chapter 28, "Creating Databound ADF Data Visualization Components"

 

Section 28.2, "Creating Databound Charts"

Section added to describe how you can create the user interface using new client-side charts: area, bar, bubble, combination, horizontal bar, line, pie, scatter, spark. The charts replace the server-side area, bar, bubble, combination, horizontal bar, line, pie, scatter and spark graphs.

Section 28.3, "Creating Databound Graphs"

Section revised to describe how you can create legacy server-side funnel, Pareto, radar, and stock graphs, whose use is discouraged in favor of the client-side charts..

Section 28.4, "Creating Databound Gauges"

Section revised to describe how you can use client-side dial, LED, rating, and status meter gauges. The gauges replace the server-side dial, LED, status meter, and vertical status meter gauges. Also removed references to gauge sets which are not supported by the client-side gauges.

Section 28.5, "Creating Databound Pivot Tables"

Section revised to remove references to live data preview, no longer supported in the data binding wizard.

Chapter 29 Creating Databound Search Forms

 

Section 29.1.1, "Query Search Forms"

Section revised to describe how users can save and override searches.

Chapter 32, "Enabling ADF Security in a Fusion Web Application"

 

Section 32.7.7, "What You May Need to Know About Redirecting to a Different Host Server"

Section added to describe ways to ensure that a redirect to a different host server when the user logs out is secure.

Section 32.11.3, "How to Perform Authorization Checks for Entity Object Operations"

Section added to describe how to use entity row API and ADF Security EL methods to test user permission for secured entity object operations.

Chapter 38, "Deploying Fusion Web Applications"

 

Section 38.2, "Running an ADF Application in Integrated WebLogic Server"

Section updated to describe the port number constraint on the configuration of Integrated WebLogic Server.

Chapter 44, "Using the Active Data Service"

 

Section 44.1.1, "Limitations of the Active Data Service Framework"

Section updated to describe workaround for an ADS limitation when certain ADS-specific pages are cached on Oracle WebLogic Server.