GET_APPLICATION Function

This function exports the given application and optionally splits the application definition into multiple files. The optional p_with_% parameters can be used to include additional information in the export.

Syntax

FUNCTION GET_APPLICATION (
    p_application_id            IN NUMBER,
    p_type                      IN t_export_type      DEFAULT c_type_application_source,
    p_split                     IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,
    p_with_date                 IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,
    p_with_ir_public_reports    IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,
    p_with_ir_private_reports   IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,
    p_with_ir_notifications     IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,
    p_with_translations         IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,
    p_with_pkg_app_mapping      IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,
    p_with_original_ids         IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,
    p_with_no_subscriptions     IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,
    p_with_comments             IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,
    p_with_supporting_objects   IN VARCHAR2           DEFAULT NULL,
    p_with_acl_assignments      IN BOOLEAN            DEFAULT FALSE,  
    p_components                IN apex_t_varchar2  DEFAULT NULL )
    RETURN apex_t_export_files;

Parameters

Table 23-1 GET_APPLICATION Parameters

Parameters	Description
`p_application_id`	The application ID.
`p_split`	If `true`, split the definition into discrete elements that can be stored in separate files. If `false`, the result is a single file.
`p_type`	Comma-delimited list of export types to perform: APPLICATION_SOURCE: export an APEX application using other parameters passed. EMBEDDED_CODE: Export code such as SQL, PL/SQL and Javascript. APEX ignores all other options when EMBEDDED_CODE is selected. CHECKSUM-SH1: Export a SHA1 checksum that is independent of IDs and can be compared across instances and workspaces. CHECKSUM-SH1: Export a SHA-256 checksum that is independent of IDs and can be compared across instances and workspaces. READABLE_JSON: Export a readable version of the application meta-data in JSON format. READABLE_YAML: Export a readable version of the application meta-data in YAML format.
`p_with_date`	If `true`, include export date and time in the result.
`p_with_public_reports`	If `true`, include public reports that a user saved.
`p_with_private_reports`	If `true`, include private reports that a user saved.
`p_with_notifications`	If `true`, include report notifications.
`p_with_translations`	If `true`, include application translation mappings and all text from the translation repository.
`p_with_pkg_app_mapping`	If `true`, export installed packaged applications with references to the packaged application definition. If `false`, export them as normal applications.
`p_with_original_ids`	If `true`, export with the IDs as they were when the application was imported.
`p_with_no_subscriptions`	If `false`, components contain subscription references.
`p_with_comments`	If `true`, include developer comments.
`p_with_supporting_objects`	If `Y`, export supporting objects. If `I`, automatically install on import. If `N`, do not export supporting objects. If `null`, the application's include in export deployment value is used.
`p_with_acl_assignments`	If `true`, export ACL user role assignments.
`p_components`	If not `null`, export only given components (array elements should be of form `type:name`, for example,`PAGE:42` or `MESSAGE:12345`). See view `APEX_APPL_EXPORT_COMPS` for components that can be exported.

Returns

A table of apex_t_export_file. Unless the caller passes p_split=>true to the function, the result is a single file.

Example

This sqlplus code fragment spools the definition of application 100 into file f100.sql.

variable name varchar2(255)
variable contents clob
declare
   l_files apex_t_export_files;
begin
   l_files := apex_export.get_application(p_application_id => 100);
   :name := l_files(1).name;
   :contents := l_files(1).contents;
end;
/
set feed off echo off head off flush off termout off trimspool on
set long 100000000 longchunksize 32767
col name new_val name
select :name name from sys.dual;
spool &name.
print contents
spool off