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Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Related Documents
• Documentation Accessibility
• Document Revision History

1 Creating, Packaging, and Distributing Plug-in Projects

• About Plug-in Projects
• Creating Plug-in Projects
• Packaging Plug-in Projects
  • Creating Feature Projects
  • Creating Update Site Projects
• Distributing Plug-in Projects

2 Working with Design Patterns

• About Design Patterns
  • About the Design Pattern Framework
  • About the Design Pattern Development Life Cycle
  • About the Design Pattern Development Environment
  • About Design Pattern Folder Structure
    • About the pattern.xml File
• Developing Custom Design Patterns
• Creating Design Pattern Plug-in Projects
• Modeling Design Patterns
  • Reviewing Design Pattern Configuration Data
  • Defining a Description for a Design Pattern
  • Leveraging Logic from Existing Design Patterns
  • Defining Context for Design Patterns
  • Defining Target Projects for Design Patterns
  • Working with Tokens
    • About Tokens
    • About Token Types
    • About Entity Reference Tokens
    • About Element Reference Tokens
    • About Regular Expressions
    • About Token Functions
    • About Token Conditions
    • Defining Tokens for Design Patterns
  • Defining Token Groups for Design Patterns
  • Defining the Manifest for Design Patterns
  • Working with Design Pattern Actions
    • About Action Elements
    • About Design Pattern Action Types
    • About Actions Used in Conceptual Modeling
    • About the Design Pattern Action Reference Table
    • Defining Actions for Design Patterns
  • Defining Custom Actions
  • About Conditions
  • Defining Inputs for Design Patterns
  • Securing Design Pattern Information
• Invoking Custom Java Code from Design Patterns
  • About the IDesignPatternCustomAction Java Interface
  • About Registering Your Java Class
  • About Calling Your Custom Java Code
• Testing Design Patterns
• Applying Design Patterns
  • About the Design Pattern Summary Page
• Design Pattern Examples
  • Example: Adding Project Dependencies
  • Example: Defining Tokens for Resources
  • Example: Defining Tokens as Default Values
  • Example: Defining Action Subjects or Participants With Values External to Design Patterns
  • Example: Supporting Multiple Selections for Entity Reference Tokens
• Working with Cheat Sheets

3 Working with Guided Assistance

• Working with Guided Assistance
  • About the Guided Assistance Dialog Box
  • Working with Guided Assistance Design Patterns
    • Creating Guided Assistance Using Design Patterns
  • Working with the Guided Assistance Extension Point
    • Guided Assistance Extension Point Example
  • Distributing Guided Assistance
• About the Design Pattern and Guided Assistance SDK Folder

4 Working with the Design Studio Exchange Format

• About the Design Studio Exchange Format
• About the Exchange Format Model Lifecycle
• About the Exchange Format Architecture
• About the Design Studio Model Schemas
  • Viewing the Design Studio Schemas
• About the Design Studio Exchange Format Model
  • Element Attributes and Children
  • Entity Attributes and Children
  • Element Lists
  • Relation Attributes
  • Named Relation Lists

5 Extending Design Studio

• About Extending Design Studio
• Extending Design Studio with Action Commands
  • Adding the Design Studio Action Command Example to a Workspace
  • About the design.studio.example.action.command Example Project
    • Adding Commands to the Studio Menu
    • Adding Commands to the Design Studio Toolbar
    • Adding Commands to the Solution View Context Menu
    • Adding Commands to the Studio Projects View Context Menu
    • Adding Commands to the Package Explorer View Context Menu
    • Adding Commands to the Project Explorer View Context Menu
    • Configuring the Visibility of Commands Using the Property Tester
    • Configuring the Visibility of Commands Using the File Extension of Resources
    • Obtaining the Model From a Resource Using the Design Studio Model Java API
    • Obtaining the Model From an Entity Relation Using the Design Studio Model Java API
    • Obtaining the Model From an Element Relation Using the Design Studio Model Java API
• About Design Studio View Identifiers
• Adding Custom Logic to Design Studio Builds

6 Working with Reports

• About Design Studio Reports
  • About the Design Studio Reporting Architecture
  • About the Design Studio Reporting Life Cycle
  • About Report Designs
  • About the Report Designer
    • About the Expression Builder
  • About Report Generation
• About Data Sources
• About Data Sets
• Adding the Report Design Example to the Workspace
• Customizing Existing Design Studio Reports
• Developing Custom Report Designs
  • Creating Report Design Files
  • Creating Design Studio Report Parameters
  • Creating the Design Studio Data Source Entity
  • Creating Data Set Entities
  • Defining the Data to Add to Reports
    • Defining Computed Columns for Data Sets
    • Defining Filtering Conditions for Data Sets
    • Merging Data Sets
    • Filtering Data Sets for Tables
    • Nesting Tables
    • Concatenating Rows into Comma-Separated Values
  • Defining Data Presentation in Reports
    • Hiding Content Based on Output Format
    • Defining Value Mapping Rules
    • Defining Value Highlighting Rules
  • Adding Additional Report Design Elements
    • Adding the Current Date to a Report
    • Adding Page Numbers
    • Dynamically Selecting Images
    • Creating Internal Links Between Report Items
    • Creating Table of Contents Entries
    • Defining Text as HTML
• Working with XPath Expression Patterns
  • About XPath Expression Patterns for Row Mapping
  • About XPath Expression Patterns for Column Mapping
  • About XPath Expression Parameters
• Working with Report Data Filters
• Testing Report Designs
  • Testing Custom Report Designs Using the Report Designer
  • Testing Custom Report Designs Using the Generate Report Wizard
• Working with the Design Studio Report Examples
  • About the Design Studio Report Design Example
• Troubleshooting Report Designs
• Adding Reports and Report Categories to the Generate Report Wizard
• Extending Design Studio Reporting
  • About the Design Studio Report Processor Example
  • Extending Reporting Tasks by Adding Report Processors

7 Working with Design Studio Model Java API

• About the Design Studio Model Java API
• About Design Studio Model Java API Utility Classes and Methods
• About Design Studio Model Java API Package Dependencies

8 Importing Entities Into Design Studio

• Importing Inventory Entities
  • Adding the Design Studio Import Inventory Examples to a Workspace
  • About the design.studio.example.import.inventory Example Project
    • Adding Import Commands to the Studio Projects View Context Menu
    • Invoking the Import Inventory API Using an XML File
    • Invoking the Import Inventory API Using a Resource Object
    • Adding External Data to an Inventory Project
    • Accessing Import Errors and Warnings
  • Viewing the Design Studio Inventory Data Schema

9 Working with Source Control

• About Source Control
  • About Source Control Strategies for Design Studio Files

10 Deploying Cartridges to Environments

• Deploying Cartridges to Run-Time Environments with the Cartridge Management Tool
• Working with Additional Cartridge Deployment Tools

11 Working with Externally Created Data Schemas

• About Design Studio Data Schemas
• Modeling Data Using XML Data Schemas
• About Supported XML Schema Features
• About Unsupported Schema Directives and Elements

12 Design Studio Platform Tools

• Working with Oracle Enterprise Packet for Eclipse
  • About Java Development Tools
  • About Database Development Tools
  • About Application and WebLogic Server Tools
  • About Web Application Tools
  • About JPA and Oracle Coherence Tools
• About Third-Party Tools