Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Related Documents
  • Conventions
• Who's Who
  • Knowledge Worker
  • Application Specialist
  • Web Developer
  • Developer
  • System Administrator
• Part I Getting Started
  • 1 Introduction to Developing for Oracle WebCenter Portal
    • 1.1 What Is the Purpose of This Guide?
    • 1.2 What Is My Role as a WebCenter Portal Developer?
  • 2 Setting Up a Development Environment
    • 2.1 Introduction to Setting up a Development Environment
    • 2.2 Basic Setup Tasks
      • 2.2.1 Installing Oracle JDeveloper
      • 2.2.2 Installing the WebCenter Portal Extensions for JDeveloper
      • 2.2.3 Setting the User Home Directory Environment Variable
      • 2.2.4 Managing the Integrated WebLogic Server
        • 2.2.4.1 What is the Integrated WebLogic Server?
        • 2.2.4.2 Starting and Stopping Integrated WebLogic Server
        • 2.2.4.3 Configuring the JVM for the Integrated WebLogic Server
      • 2.2.5 Creating Application Resource Connections
        • 2.2.5.1 Where Are Connections Located?
        • 2.2.5.2 How Do I Access the Connection Wizards?
    • 2.3 Setup Tasks Specific to WebCenter Portlet Producer Applications
      • 2.3.1 Deploying the Preconfigured Portlet Producers
      • 2.3.2 WSRP Sample Portlet Producers and Portlets
      • 2.3.3 PDK-Java Sample Portlet Producer and Portlets
• Part II Working with WebCenter Portal Assets
  • 3 Introduction to WebCenter Portal Assets
    • 3.1 About Working with WebCenter Portal Assets
    • 3.2 Developing Assets for WebCenter Portal
      • 3.2.1 Setting Up Your JDeveloper Environment for Asset Development
  • 4 Working with the WebCenter Portal Asset Application Template
    • 4.1 About the WebCenter Portal Asset Application Template
    • 4.2 Creating a WebCenter Portal Asset Application
      • 4.2.1 How to Create a WebCenter Portal Asset Application
      • 4.2.2 What You May Need to Know About Asset Application Artifacts
    • 4.3 Creating and Editing WebCenter Portal Assets
    • 4.4 Publishing WebCenter Portal Assets
      • 4.4.1 Creating a WebCenter Portal Server Connection
      • 4.4.2 Publishing a WebCenter Portal Asset
    • 4.5 Testing WebCenter Portal Assets
  • 5 Developing Layouts
    • 5.1 About Developing Layouts
    • 5.2 Creating a Layout
      • 5.2.1 How to Create a Layout
      • 5.2.2 What You May Need to Know About Layout Artifacts
    • 5.3 Editing a Layout
    • 5.4 Publishing a Layout
  • 6 Developing Page Styles
    • 6.1 About Developing Page Styles
    • 6.2 Best Practices for Creating Page Styles
    • 6.3 Creating a Page Style
      • 6.3.1 How to Create a Page Style
      • 6.3.2 What You May Need to Know About Page Style Artifacts
    • 6.4 Editing a Page Style
    • 6.5 Publishing a Page Style
  • 7 Developing Page Templates
    • 7.1 Introduction to Developing Page Templates
      • 7.1.1 Understanding Page Templates
      • 7.1.2 Understanding Page Template Structure
      • 7.1.3 Understanding Page Template Layout
      • 7.1.4 Understanding Page Template Layout Components
    • 7.2 Best Practices for Developing Page Templates
      • 7.2.1 Best Practices for Creating Stretching Layouts
      • 7.2.2 Best Practices for Creating Flowing Layouts
      • 7.2.3 Best Practices for Developing Page Templates That Can Be Edited at Runtime
      • 7.2.4 Best Practices for Customizing the Appearance of Components
      • 7.2.5 Best Practices for Defining Scrolling in a Page Template
      • 7.2.6 Best Practices for Defining Margins, Borders, and Padding
    • 7.3 Creating a Page Template
      • 7.3.1 About Creating Page Templates
      • 7.3.2 How to Create a Page Template
      • 7.3.3 What You May Need to Know About Page Template Artifacts
    • 7.4 Editing a Page Template
    • 7.5 Adding Navigation to a Page Template
      • 7.5.1 About Visualizing Portal Navigation
      • 7.5.2 Using the Navigation Expression Language APIs
        • 7.5.2.1 Introduction to the Navigation Context
        • 7.5.2.2 Introduction to the Navigation Runtime Model
        • 7.5.2.3 Introduction to the Navigation Resource
        • 7.5.2.4 How to Render the Navigation Model as a List of Links
        • 7.5.2.5 How to Render the Navigation Model as a Tree
        • 7.5.2.6 How to Render the Navigation Model as a Three-Level Menu
        • 7.5.2.7 How to Render the Navigation Model as Breadcrumbs
        • 7.5.2.8 How to Render Master-Detail Navigation
      • 7.5.3 Tips for Visualizing Portal Navigation
    • 7.6 Adding a Floating Toolbar to a Page Template
    • 7.7 Publishing a Page Template
    • 7.8 Page Template Tutorials and Examples
  • 8 Developing Skins
    • 8.1 Introduction to Developing Skins
      • 8.1.1 About Skins
      • 8.1.2 About Runtime Management of Skins
    • 8.2 Best Practices for Developing Skins
    • 8.3 Creating a Skin
      • 8.3.1 How to Create a Skin
      • 8.3.2 What You May Need to Know About Skin Artifacts
    • 8.4 Editing a Skin
    • 8.5 Publishing a Skin
    • 8.6 Conditionally Changing Skins for Users
  • 9 Developing Visualization Templates
    • 9.1 About Visualization Templates
    • 9.2 Creating a Visualization Template
      • 9.2.1 How to Create a Visualization Template
      • 9.2.2 What You May Need to Know About Visualization Template Artifacts
    • 9.3 Editing a Visualization Template
      • 9.3.1 Placeholder EL Binding in Visualization Templates
    • 9.4 Publishing a Visualization Template
    • 9.5 What Happens at Runtime
  • 10 Developing Content Presenter Display Templates
    • 10.1 Introduction to Developing Content Presenter Display Templates
    • 10.2 Creating a Content Presenter Display Template
      • 10.2.1 How to Create a Content Presenter Display Template
      • 10.2.2 What You May Need to Know About Content Presenter Display Templates
    • 10.3 Editing a Content Presenter Display Template
      • 10.3.1 How to Define a Single-Item Display Template
      • 10.3.2 Content Display Template Tags for Single Content Items
      • 10.3.3 How to Define a Multiple-Item Display Template
      • 10.3.4 Content Display Template Tags for Multiple Content Items
      • 10.3.5 How to Use Responsive Templates
        • 10.3.5.1 About Responsive Templates
        • 10.3.5.2 Prerequisites for Responsive Templates
        • 10.3.5.3 Displaying Multiple Articles
        • 10.3.5.4 Using CSS3 Media Queries
      • 10.3.6 How to Extend Responsive Templates
        • 10.3.6.1 How to Extend the Articles View Template
        • 10.3.6.2 How to Extend the Full Article View Template
        • 10.3.6.3 How to Adapt the Out-of-the-Box Templates
          • 10.3.6.3.1 How to Support Responsive Layouts for Older Browsers
          • 10.3.6.3.2 How to Use Different Region Definitions
          • 10.3.6.3.3 How to Update the Layout in a Template
      • 10.3.7 How to Use Image Renditions in Content Presenter Display Templates
        • 10.3.7.1 About Image Renditions
        • 10.3.7.2 Prerequisites for Image Renditions
        • 10.3.7.3 Retrieving Image Rendition Information for Image Documents
        • 10.3.7.4 Retrieving Image Renditions for Site Studio Region Definitions
      • 10.3.8 How to Use EL Expressions to Retrieve Content Item Information
        • 10.3.8.1 How to Retrieve Basic Information About a Content Item
        • 10.3.8.2 How to Work with Content Item Properties and Values
        • 10.3.8.3 How to Work with Content Item Icons and URLs
        • 10.3.8.4 How to Work with Image Renditions
        • 10.3.8.5 How to Work with Group Portal Information
      • 10.3.9 How to Discover Content Type Property Names
      • 10.3.10 How to Reference External Files in Display Templates
      • 10.3.11 How to Reference Site Studio Region Elements in a Custom View
    • 10.4 Publishing a Content Presenter Display Template
    • 10.5 Optimizing Performance for Content Presenter Display Templates
    • 10.6 Using Content Presenter (Tips, Tutorials, and Examples)
• Part III Working with Portlets
  • 11 Introduction to Portlets
    • 11.1 About Portlets
    • 11.2 About Portlet Anatomy
    • 11.3 About Portlet Resources
      • 11.3.1 About Prebuilt Portlets
      • 11.3.2 About Java Server Faces (JSF) Portlets
      • 11.3.3 About Custom Java Portlets
      • 11.3.4 Portlet Technologies
      • 11.3.5 Portlets Versus Task Flows
    • 11.4 About Portlet Development
      • 11.4.1 Portlet Producer Applications
        • 11.4.1.1 About Portlet Producer Applications
        • 11.4.1.2 How to Create a Portlet Producer Application
      • 11.4.2 Portlet Modes
        • 11.4.2.1 About Portlet Modes
        • 11.4.2.2 View Mode
          • 11.4.2.2.1 HTML Guidelines for Rendering Portlets
          • 11.4.2.2.2 CSS Guidelines for Rendering Portlets
        • 11.4.2.3 Edit Mode
          • 11.4.2.3.1 Guidelines for Edit Mode Operations
          • 11.4.2.3.2 Guidelines for Buttons in Edit Mode
        • 11.4.2.4 Edit Defaults Mode
          • 11.4.2.4.1 Guidelines for Edit Defaults Mode Operation
          • 11.4.2.4.2 Guidelines for Buttons in Edit Defaults Mode
          • 11.4.2.4.3 Guidelines for Rendering Customization Values
        • 11.4.2.5 Help Mode
          • 11.4.2.5.1 Guidelines for Help Mode
        • 11.4.2.6 About Mode
          • 11.4.2.6.1 Guidelines for About Mode
      • 11.4.3 Interportlet Communication
      • 11.4.4 Portlet Personalization and Customization
      • 11.4.5 Portlet Performance
      • 11.4.6 Multilanguage Portlets
      • 11.4.7 Portlet Deployment
  • 12 Creating Portlets from JSF Applications Using the Oracle JSF Portlet Bridge
    • 12.1 About Creating Portlets from JSF Applications Using the Oracle JSF Portlet Bridge
    • 12.2 Creating a Portlet from a JSF Application
      • 12.2.1 How to Create a JSF Portlet Based on a Page
      • 12.2.2 How to Create a JSF Portlet Based on a Task Flow
        • 12.2.2.1 About Creating Portlets from Tasks Flows
        • 12.2.2.2 Creating a Portlet From a Task Flow Using the Create Portlet Entry Dialog
        • 12.2.2.3 Creating a Portlet From a Task Flow Using the Manage Portlet Entries of Task Flows Dialog
      • 12.2.3 What You May Need to Know When Creating a JSF Portlet
        • 12.2.3.1 General Guidelines for Creating a JSF Portlet
        • 12.2.3.2 Portlet Guidelines
        • 12.2.3.3 Security Guidelines
        • 12.2.3.4 JSF Guidelines
        • 12.2.3.5 Oracle ADF Guidelines
    • 12.3 Updating the Portlet Entry for a Portletized Page or Task Flow
    • 12.4 Testing a Portletized Page or Task Flow in JDeveloper
    • 12.5 Testing a JSF Portlet Using the Integrated WebLogic Server
    • 12.6 Deploying JSF Portlets to a WebLogic Managed Server
    • 12.7 Using Events to Link JSF Portlets with Other Portlets
      • 12.7.1 About Linking JSF Portlets with Other Portlets
      • 12.7.2 How to Link a JSF Portlet to Another JSF Portlet
      • 12.7.3 How to Link a JSF Portlet to a JSR 286 Portlet
      • 12.7.4 How to Link a JSR 286 Portlet to a JSF Portlet
      • 12.7.5 What You May Need to Know About Portlet Events in the Oracle JSF Portlet Bridge
        • 12.7.5.1 What You May Need to Know About Using a Serialized Type for the Contextual Event Payload
        • 12.7.5.2 What You May Need to Know About Raising Undeclared Events
        • 12.7.5.3 What You May Need to Know About Partial Page Rendering
  • 13 Building Standards-Based Java Portlets Using JSR 286
    • 13.1 About Building Standards-Based Java Portlets Using JSR 286
    • 13.2 Creating a JSR 286 Java Portlet
    • 13.3 Developing JSR 286 Java Portlets
      • 13.3.1 Example Portlet Deployment Descriptor File
      • 13.3.2 How to Edit the Portlet Deployment Descriptor File
      • 13.3.3 Portlet Modes for JSR 286 Portlets
      • 13.3.4 How to Add Custom Portlet Modes to JSR 286 Portlets
      • 13.3.5 How to Access User Information in JSR 286 Portlets
      • 13.3.6 How to Customize the Runtime Environment for JSR 286 Portlets
        • 13.3.6.1 Supported Container Runtime Options
          • 13.3.6.1.1 javax.portlet.actionScopedRequestAttributes
          • 13.3.6.1.2 javax.portlet.escapeXml
          • 13.3.6.1.3 javax.portlet.servletDefaultSessionScope
          • 13.3.6.1.4 com.oracle.portlet.allowEventPayloadsWithoutJAXBBinding
          • 13.3.6.1.5 com.oracle.portlet.allowWsrpExport
          • 13.3.6.1.6 com.oracle.portlet.compatibilityMode
          • 13.3.6.1.7 com.oracle.portlet.defaultProxiedResourceRequiresWsrpRewrite
          • 13.3.6.1.8 com.oracle.portlet.defaultServedResourceRequiresWsrpRewrite
          • 13.3.6.1.9 com.oracle.portlet.disallowResourceServing
          • 13.3.6.1.10 com.oracle.portlet.escapeXmlEncodeUrls
          • 13.3.6.1.11 com.oracle.portlet.eventPayloadsXmlType
          • 13.3.6.1.12 com.oracle.portlet.excludedActionScopeRequestAttributes
          • 13.3.6.1.13 com.oracle.portlet.externalScopeRequestAttributes
          • 13.3.6.1.14 com.oracle.portlet.importCssToIFrame
          • 13.3.6.1.15 com.oracle.portlet.minimumWsrpVersion
          • 13.3.6.1.16 com.oracle.portlet.offerPortletOverWsrp
          • 13.3.6.1.17 com.oracle.portlet.portalInfoProvider
          • 13.3.6.1.18 com.oracle.portlet.redirectAfterAction
          • 13.3.6.1.19 com.oracle.portlet.requireIFrame
          • 13.3.6.1.20 com.oracle.portlet.streamingOptimized
          • 13.3.6.1.21 com.oracle.portlet.suppressWsrpOptimisticRender
          • 13.3.6.1.22 com.oracle.portlet.trapWsrpRenderExceptions
          • 13.3.6.1.23 com.oracle.portlet.trimEncodeUrls
          • 13.3.6.1.24 com.oracle.portlet.useWsrpUserContextForUserAuthentication
          • 13.3.6.1.25 com.oracle.portlet.wsrpHeaderMode
          • 13.3.6.1.26 com.oracle.portlet.wsrpLegacyPortletHandle
          • 13.3.6.1.27 com.oracle.portlet.wsrpPortletHandle
          • 13.3.6.1.28 oracle.portlet.bridge.adf.raiseUndeclaredContextualEvents
        • 13.3.6.2 Setting Container Runtime Options for All Portlets in an Application
        • 13.3.6.3 Setting Container Runtime Options for Individual Portlets
      • 13.3.7 How to Use Public Render Parameters in JSR 286 Portlets
        • 13.3.7.1 About Public Render Parameters
        • 13.3.7.2 Declaring a Public Render Parameter at the Application Level
        • 13.3.7.3 Defining a Public Render Parameter for a Portlet
        • 13.3.7.4 Using Public Render Parameters: An Example
      • 13.3.8 How to Use Portlet Events in JSR 286 Portlets
        • 13.3.8.1 About Portlet Events
        • 13.3.8.2 Declaring a Portlet Event at the Application Level
        • 13.3.8.3 Defining a Processing Event for a Portlet
        • 13.3.8.4 Defining a Publishing Event for a Portlet
        • 13.3.8.5 Using Portlet Events: An Example
      • 13.3.9 How to Add Portlet Preferences to JSR 286 Portlets
        • 13.3.9.1 About Portlet Preferences
        • 13.3.9.2 Adding a Portlet Preference to a JSR 286 Portlet
        • 13.3.9.3 Adding Simple Portlet Personalization: An Example
      • 13.3.10 How to Use Portlet Filters in JSR 286 Portlets
        • 13.3.10.1 About Portlet Filters
        • 13.3.10.2 Adding a Portlet Filter to an Application
        • 13.3.10.3 Applying a Portlet Filter to a Portlet
      • 13.3.11 How to Implement Interportlet Communication Across Different Pages
      • 13.3.12 How to Enhance JSR 286 Portlet Performance with Caching
        • 13.3.12.1 About Portlet Caching
        • 13.3.12.2 Implementing Expiry-Based Caching in JSR 286 Portlets
        • 13.3.12.3 Implementing Validation-Based Caching in JSR 286 Portlets
      • 13.3.13 How to Implement Rewritten URLs for Resource Proxy
      • 13.3.14 How to Implement Stateless Resource Proxying
      • 13.3.15 How to Manage the Persistence Store for JSR 286 Portlets
        • 13.3.15.1 About the Persistence Store
        • 13.3.15.2 JNDI Variables for WSRP Producer Persistence Store
        • 13.3.15.3 Setting Up a Persistence Store for a WSRP Producer
        • 13.3.15.4 Migrating a WSRP Producer Persistence Store
          • 13.3.15.4.1 Migrating a Database or File-Based Persistence Store
          • 13.3.15.4.2 Migrating to or from a Consumer Persistence Store
          • 13.3.15.4.3 Moving a WSRP Portlet Producer
    • 13.4 Testing JSR 286 Portlets
      • 13.4.1 How to Run a WSRP Portlet Producer on Integrated WebLogic Server
      • 13.4.2 How to Deploy a WSRP Portlet Producer to the Integrated WebLogic Server
      • 13.4.3 How to Hide or Remove the WSRP Test Page
        • 13.4.3.1 Hiding the WSRP Test Page
        • 13.4.3.2 Removing the WSRP Test Page
    • 13.5 Migrating WebLogic Portal Portlets to WebCenter Portal
    • 13.6 Files Related to JSR 286 Portlets
      • 13.6.1 portlet.xml
      • 13.6.2 oracle-portlet-tags.jar
      • 13.6.3 portlet_mode.jsp
      • 13.6.4 portlet_name.java
      • 13.6.5 portlet_nameBundle.jar
      • 13.6.6 web.xml
  • 14 Consuming Portlets
    • 14.1 Introduction to Consuming Portlets
    • 14.2 Registering a WSRP Portlet Producer with WebCenter Portal
      • 14.2.1 How to Register a WSRP Portlet Producer using JDeveloper
      • 14.2.2 How to Map a Producer's Declared User Categories to an Application's Defined Java EE Security Roles
    • 14.3 Registering an Oracle PDK-Java Portlet Producer with WebCenter Portal
    • 14.4 Managing Portlet Producer Connections
      • 14.4.1 Editing Portlet Producer Registration Settings
      • 14.4.2 Testing a Portlet Producer Connection
      • 14.4.3 Refreshing a Portlet Producer
      • 14.4.4 Deleting a Portlet Producer
    • 14.5 Adding Portlets to a Page
      • 14.5.1 How to Add a Portlet to a Page
      • 14.5.2 What Happens When You Add a Portlet to a Page
      • 14.5.3 What You May Need to Know About Interportlet Communication
      • 14.5.4 What You May Need to Know About Inline Frames
      • 14.5.5 What You May Need to Know About Portlet Sizing
      • 14.5.6 What You May Need to Know About Minimize, Restore, and Move
      • 14.5.7 What Happens at Runtime
    • 14.6 Setting Attribute Values for the Portlet Tag
      • 14.6.1 How to Set Attribute Values for the Portlet Tag Using the Property Inspector
      • 14.6.2 How to Set Attribute Values for the Portlet Tag in Source Code
      • 14.6.3 Common Attributes of the Portlet Tag
      • 14.6.4 Appearance Attributes of the Portlet Tag
      • 14.6.5 Behavior Attributes of the Portlet Tag
      • 14.6.6 Portlet Modes Attributes of the Portlet Tag
      • 14.6.7 Style Attributes of the Portlet Tag
      • 14.6.8 Binding Attributes of the Portlet Tag
      • 14.6.9 Customization Attributes of the Portlet Tag
      • 14.6.10 Other Attributes of the Portlet Tag
    • 14.7 Manually Wiring Parameters and Events in JSR 286 Portlets
      • 14.7.1 How to Manually Link Portlets with Public Render Parameters
        • 14.7.1.1 Manually Linking Parameters Using Page Variables
          • 14.7.1.1.1 Manually Linking Parameters Using the ParametersChange ADF Contextual Event
    • 14.8 Copying Portlets
      • 14.8.1 How to Copy a Portlet and Place it on the Same Page
      • 14.8.2 How to Copy a Portlet from One Application Page to Another
    • 14.9 Deleting Portlets from Application Pages
    • 14.10 Troubleshooting Portlets
      • 14.10.1 Diagnostic Tools for Troubleshooting Portlets
        • 14.10.1.1 Identify the Portlet Instance
        • 14.10.1.2 Examine the Portlet Consumer Test Page
        • 14.10.1.3 Examine the Producer Test Page
          • 14.10.1.3.1 Access the Producer Test Page
          • 14.10.1.3.2 Run the JSF Portlet as a Servlet
          • 14.10.1.3.3 Examine the SOAP Monitor
      • 14.10.2 Configuring the Portlet Logging File
      • 14.10.3 Portlet Displays a Portlet Consumer Error
      • 14.10.4 Portlet Displays a Portlet Timeout
      • 14.10.5 Portlet Displays a Remote Portlet Communication Error
      • 14.10.6 Portlet Displays a Remote Portlet Error
• Part IV Additional WebCenter Portal Customizations
  • 15 Developing Shared Libraries
    • 15.1 Developing Shared Libraries for Use in WebCenter Portal
    • 15.2 Packaging and Deploying ADF Components for Use in WebCenter Portal
      • 15.2.1 Understanding the WebCenter Portal Server Extension Template
        • 15.2.1.1 How the WebCenter Portal Server Extension Workspace Is Organized
        • 15.2.1.2 The PortalSharedLibrary Project
          • 15.2.1.2.1 Versioning extend.spaces.webapp.war
        • 15.2.1.3 The PortalExtension Project
      • 15.2.2 Understanding Shared Library Development for WebCenter Portal
        • 15.2.2.1 General Documentation for ADF Library Development
        • 15.2.2.2 General Documentation for Shared Library Deployment
      • 15.2.3 Creating a WebCenter Portal Server Extension Workspace
      • 15.2.4 Using Additional Shared Libraries with WebCenter Portal
      • 15.2.5 Deploying Extensions to the WebCenter Portal Shared Library (extend.spaces.webapp.war)
        • 15.2.5.1 Deploying Extensions Directly to the Portal Server
        • 15.2.5.2 Deploying Extensions to an Archive
        • 15.2.5.3 Reverting to a Previous WebCenter Portal Shared Library Version
      • 15.2.6 Developing ADF Library Components for WebCenter Portal Using the PortalExtension Project
  • 16 Localizing Portals
    • 16.1 Guidelines for Building Multilanguage Portals
    • 16.2 Language Support in ADF Faces Components
    • 16.3 Using Resource Bundles to Support Multiple Languages
    • 16.4 Adding Support for a New Language
  • 17 Extending Oracle Composer
    • 17.1 Adding Custom Actions to Components
      • 17.1.1 Adding a Java-Based Custom Action to a Show Detail Frame Component in Design View
      • 17.1.2 Adding a Java-Based Direct Select Custom Action to a Component in Select View
      • 17.1.3 Adding Custom Actions to a Show Detail Frame Component by Using Facets
        • 17.1.3.1 Example: Adding a Custom Action to a Show Detail Frame Component by Using Facets
          • 17.1.3.1.1 How to Create an ADF Task Flow
          • 17.1.3.1.2 How to Include an Additional Actions Facet
          • 17.1.3.1.3 How to Create a Redirection Page
          • 17.1.3.1.4 How to Create Navigation Rules Between Pages
          • 17.1.3.1.5 What Happens at Runtime
      • 17.1.4 Adding Custom Actions to a Task Flow
        • 17.1.4.1 Adding a Custom Action Directly on a Task Flow
        • 17.1.4.2 Adding a Custom Action on a Show Detail Frame Enclosing a Task Flow
          • 17.1.4.2.1 Defining Custom Actions at the Instance Level
          • 17.1.4.2.2 Defining Custom Actions at the Global Level
            • 17.1.4.2.2.1 Resolving Conflicts Between Global-Level and Instance-Level Custom Actions
          • 17.1.4.2.3 Configuring Custom Actions that Display Task Flow Views in a Separate Browser Window
        • 17.1.4.3 What Happens at Runtime
        • 17.1.4.4 Example: Adding a Custom Action to a Show Detail Frame Enclosing a Task Flow
      • 17.1.5 Adding Custom Actions that Display on Task Flows in the Component Navigator
        • 17.1.5.1 How to Configure Custom Actions in the Component Navigator
          • 17.1.5.1.1 Defining the Logic for the Custom Action
          • 17.1.5.1.2 Creating a JSF Page Containing the Custom Action
          • 17.1.5.1.3 Calling the JSF Page from the Application Page Containing the Task Flow
        • 17.1.5.2 What Happens at Runtime
• Appendixes
  • A Expression Language Expressions
    • A.1 Introduction to Expression Language (EL) Expressions
      • A.1.1 Introducing the Expression Builder
      • A.1.2 Introducing the Expression Editor in WebCenter Portal
    • A.2 ELs Related to WebCenter Portal Information
    • A.3 ELs Related to Specific Pages
    • A.4 ELs Related to Specific Portals
      • A.4.1 Example: Using EL Expressions for Various Portals
    • A.5 ELs Related to Portal Event Contexts
    • A.6 ELs Related to Assets
      • A.6.1 Example: Using EL Expressions for Assets
    • A.7 ELs Related to Security
    • A.8 ELs Related to General Settings
    • A.9 ELs Related to Portal Resources
    • A.10 ELs Related to Navigation
    • A.11 ELs Related to Tools and Services
    • A.12 ELs Related to Composer
    • A.13 ELs Related to Documents
    • A.14 ELs Related to People Connections
    • A.15 EL Expressions Related to the Page Editor
      • A.15.1 Example: Using EL Expressions for the Page Editor
    • A.16 EL Expressions Related to Device Settings
      • A.16.1 Sample Task Flow Code for Discovering Device Attributes
    • A.17 Utilitarian EL Expressions
    • A.18 Built-In Expressions in the Expression Editor
      • A.18.1 Application Info Built-In ELs
      • A.18.2 Asset Info Built-In ELs
      • A.18.3 Page Info Built-In ELs
      • A.18.4 Page Parameter Built-In ELs
      • A.18.5 Portal Info Built-In ELs
      • A.18.6 Portal Page Info Built-In Paths
      • A.18.7 System Built-In ELs
      • A.18.8 User Info Built-In ELs
      • A.18.9 WebCenter Events Built-In ELs
    • A.19 Desupport of Freeform JPQL WHERE and SORT Clauses in Portal Queries
  • B WebCenter Portal Accessibility Features
    • B.1 Generating Accessible HTML
    • B.2 Accessibility Features at Runtime
    • B.3 Accessibility Considerations for Portlets
  • C Using the WebCenter Portal REST APIs
    • C.1 Introduction to REST
    • C.2 Understanding the Username-Based Security Token Encryption
    • C.3 Benefits of Using REST
    • C.4 Introduction to the WebCenter Portal REST APIs
    • C.5 Understanding the Link Model
      • C.5.1 Using the Resource Index
      • C.5.2 Anatomy of a Link
        • C.5.2.1 Resource Type
        • C.5.2.2 Relationship
        • C.5.2.3 Capabilities
        • C.5.2.4 Media Type
        • C.5.2.5 Templates
          • C.5.2.5.1 Common Request Query Parameters
    • C.6 Understanding Items Hypermedia
    • C.7 Navigating Hypermedia Using HTTP
      • C.7.1 HTTP Response Status Codes
    • C.8 Security Considerations for WebCenter Portal REST APIs
    • C.9 Security Considerations for CMIS REST APIs
    • C.10 Understanding Common Types
      • C.10.1 Common Types
        • C.10.1.1 personReference
        • C.10.1.2 groupSpaceReference
      • C.10.2 Portable Contact Types
        • C.10.2.1 name Portable Contact Type
        • C.10.2.2 address Portable Contact Type
        • C.10.2.3 organization Portable Contact Type
        • C.10.2.4 value Portable Contact Type
    • C.11 Managing Caches
    • C.12 Configuring a Proxy Server
    • C.13 WebCenter Portal REST API Examples
      • C.13.1 Navigating the Message Board Hypermedia
        • C.13.1.1 Accessing the Resource Index
        • C.13.1.2 Reading Messages
        • C.13.1.3 Creating a New Message
        • C.13.1.4 Updating a Message
        • C.13.1.5 Deleting a Message
        • C.13.1.6 Filtering Messages
          • C.13.1.6.1 Public vs Private Messages
          • C.13.1.6.2 Hidden vs Non-hidden Messages
    • C.14 Using the People Connections REST APIs
      • C.14.1 Activity Stream REST API
        • C.14.1.1 Activity Stream Entry Point
        • C.14.1.2 Activity Stream Resource Type Taxonomy
        • C.14.1.3 Activity Stream Security Considerations
        • C.14.1.4 Activity Stream Resource Types
          • C.14.1.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:activities:stream
          • C.14.1.4.2 Navigation Paths to stream
          • C.14.1.4.3 Supported Methods for stream
          • C.14.1.4.4 Resource Types Linked to From stream
          • C.14.1.4.5 urn:oracle:webcenter:activities:activity
          • C.14.1.4.6 Navigation Paths to activity
          • C.14.1.4.7 Supported Methods for activity
          • C.14.1.4.8 Resource Types Linked to from activity
          • C.14.1.4.9 Read-only Elements for activity
          • C.14.1.4.10 Understanding the templateParams Element
          • C.14.1.4.11 Understanding Comments and Likes
          • C.14.1.4.12 urn:oracle:webcenter:activities:parameter
          • C.14.1.4.13 urn:oracle:webcenter:activities:activity:icon
          • C.14.1.4.14 Navigation Paths to activities:activity:icon
          • C.14.1.4.15 Supported Methods for icon
          • C.14.1.4.16 Resource Types Linked to from icon
      • C.14.2 Connections and Profile REST API
        • C.14.2.1 Connections and Profile Entry Point
        • C.14.2.2 Connections and Profile Resource Type Taxonomy
        • C.14.2.3 Connections and Profile Security Considerations
        • C.14.2.4 Connections and Profile Resource Types
          • C.14.2.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:people
          • C.14.2.4.2 Navigation Paths to people
          • C.14.2.4.3 Supported Methods for people
          • C.14.2.4.4 Predefined Sets for the links Parameter
          • C.14.2.4.5 Resource Types Linked to from people
          • C.14.2.4.6 urn:oracle:webcenter:people:icon
          • C.14.2.4.7 Supported Methods for icon
          • C.14.2.4.8 Resource Types Linked to from icon
          • C.14.2.4.9 urn:oracle:webcenter:people:person
          • C.14.2.4.10 Navigation Paths to person
          • C.14.2.4.11 Supported Methods for person
          • C.14.2.4.12 Read-only Elements for person
          • C.14.2.4.13 Resource Types Linked to from person
          • C.14.2.4.14 urn:oracle:webcenter:people:person:list
          • C.14.2.4.15 Navigation Paths to list
          • C.14.2.4.16 Supported Methods for list
          • C.14.2.4.17 Resource Types Linked to from list
          • C.14.2.4.18 urn:oracle:webcenter:people:person:listNames
          • C.14.2.4.19 Navigation Paths to listNames
          • C.14.2.4.20 Supported Methods for listNames
          • C.14.2.4.21 Resource Types Linked to from listNames
          • C.14.2.4.22 urn:oracle:webcenter:people:person:listName
          • C.14.2.4.23 Navigation Paths to listName
          • C.14.2.4.24 Supported Methods for listName
          • C.14.2.4.25 Writable Elements for listName
          • C.14.2.4.26 Resource Types Linked to from listName
          • C.14.2.4.27 urn:oracle:webcenter:people:person:list:member
          • C.14.2.4.28 Navigation Paths to member
          • C.14.2.4.29 Supported Methods for member
          • C.14.2.4.30 Writable Elements for member
          • C.14.2.4.31 urn:oracle:webcenter:people:person:status
          • C.14.2.4.32 Navigation Paths to status
          • C.14.2.4.33 Supported Methods for status
          • C.14.2.4.34 Writable Elements for status
          • C.14.2.4.35 Resource Types Linked to from status
          • C.14.2.4.36 urn:oracle:webcenter:people:invitations
          • C.14.2.4.37 Navigation Paths to invitations
          • C.14.2.4.38 Supported Methods for invitations
          • C.14.2.4.39 Writable Elements for invitations
          • C.14.2.4.40 Resource Types Linked to from invitations
          • C.14.2.4.41 urn:oracle:webcenter:people:invitation
          • C.14.2.4.42 Navigation Paths to invitation
          • C.14.2.4.43 Supported Methods for invitation
          • C.14.2.4.44 Writable Elements for invitation
          • C.14.2.4.45 Read-only Elements for invitation
          • C.14.2.4.46 Resource Types Linked to from invitation
      • C.14.3 Feedback REST API
        • C.14.3.1 Feedback Entry Point
        • C.14.3.2 Feedback Resource Type Taxonomy
        • C.14.3.3 Feedback Security Considerations
        • C.14.3.4 Feedback Resource Types
          • C.14.3.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:feedback
          • C.14.3.4.2 Navigation Paths to feedback
          • C.14.3.4.3 Supported Methods for feedback
          • C.14.3.4.4 Resource Types Linked to from feedback
          • C.14.3.4.5 urn:oracle:webcenter:feedback:message
          • C.14.3.4.6 Navigation Paths to message
          • C.14.3.4.7 Supported Methods from message
          • C.14.3.4.8 Read-only Elements for message
          • C.14.3.4.9 Resource Types Linked to from feedback
      • C.14.4 Message Board REST API
        • C.14.4.1 Message Board Entry Point
        • C.14.4.2 Message Board Resource Type Taxonomy
        • C.14.4.3 Message Board Security Considerations
        • C.14.4.4 Message Board Resource Types
          • C.14.4.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:messageBoard
          • C.14.4.4.2 Navigation Paths to messageBoard
          • C.14.4.4.3 Supported Methods for messageBoard
          • C.14.4.4.4 Read-only Elements for messageBoard
          • C.14.4.4.5 Resource Types Linked to from messageBoard
          • C.14.4.4.6 urn:oracle:webcenter:messageBoard:message
          • C.14.4.4.7 Navigation Paths to message
          • C.14.4.4.8 Supported Methods for message
          • C.14.4.4.9 Writable Elements for message
          • C.14.4.4.10 Read-only Elements for message
          • C.14.4.4.11 Resource Types Linked to from message
        • C.14.4.5 Filtering Messages Based on Visibility
          • C.14.4.5.1 Private Messages:
          • C.14.4.5.2 Hidden Messages:
          • C.14.4.5.3 REST URLs for Message Boards:
      • C.14.5 Creating an Invitation
        • C.14.5.1 Creating an Invitation
        • C.14.5.2 Accepting an Invitation
        • C.14.5.3 Deleting an Invitation
    • C.15 Content Management REST API
      • C.15.1 CMIS Domain Model
        • C.15.1.1 Data Model
          • C.15.1.1.1 Repository
          • C.15.1.1.2 Object
          • C.15.1.1.3 Object-Type
          • C.15.1.1.4 Document Object
          • C.15.1.1.5 Folder Object
          • C.15.1.1.6 Relationship Object
          • C.15.1.1.7 Policy Object
          • C.15.1.1.8 Access Control
          • C.15.1.1.9 Versioning
          • C.15.1.1.10 Query
        • C.15.1.2 Services
      • C.15.2 CMIS Part II: RESTful AtomPub Binding
        • C.15.2.1 Service Document
        • C.15.2.2 Response Formats
        • C.15.2.3 Additional Functionality
          • C.15.2.3.1 Folder Children Collection
          • C.15.2.3.2 Document Entry
          • C.15.2.3.3 Content Stream
      • C.15.3 Content Management Interoperability Services Best Practices and Examples
        • C.15.3.1 Best Practices
        • C.15.3.2 Content Management Interoperability Services Examples
    • C.16 Using the Events REST API
      • C.16.1 Events Entry Point
      • C.16.2 Events Resource Type Taxonomy
      • C.16.3 Security Considerations
      • C.16.4 Events Resource Types
        • C.16.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:events:gsEvents
          • C.16.4.1.1 Navigation Paths to gsEvents
          • C.16.4.1.2 Supported Methods for gsEvents
          • C.16.4.1.3 Resource Types Linked to From gsEvents
        • C.16.4.2 urn:oracle:webcenter:events:gsEvent
          • C.16.4.2.1 Navigation Paths to gsEvent
          • C.16.4.2.2 Supported Methods for gsEvent
          • C.16.4.2.3 Writable Elements for gsEvent
          • C.16.4.2.4 Read-only Elements for gsEvent
          • C.16.4.2.5 Resource Types Linked to from gsEvent
        • C.16.4.3 urn:oracle:webcenter:events:gsCategories
          • C.16.4.3.1 Navigation Paths to gsCategories
          • C.16.4.3.2 Supported Methods for gsCategories
          • C.16.4.3.3 Resource Types Linked to From gsCategories
    • C.17 Using the Tags REST APIs
      • C.17.1 Tags Entry Point
      • C.17.2 Tags Resource Type Taxonomy
      • C.17.3 Security Considerations
      • C.17.4 Tags Resource Types
        • C.17.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:tagging:tags
          • C.17.4.1.1 Navigation Paths to tags
          • C.17.4.1.2 Supported Methods for tags
          • C.17.4.1.3 Resource Types Linked to From tags
        • C.17.4.2 urn:oracle:webcenter:tagging:tag
          • C.17.4.2.1 Navigation Paths to tag
          • C.17.4.2.2 Supported Methods for tag
          • C.17.4.2.3 Resource Types Linked to From tag
        • C.17.4.3 urn:oracle:webcenter:tagging:taggedItems
          • C.17.4.3.1 Navigation Paths to taggedItems
          • C.17.4.3.2 Supported Methods for taggedtems
          • C.17.4.3.3 Resource Types Linked to From taggedItems
        • C.17.4.4 urn:oracle:webcenter:tagging:taggedItem
          • C.17.4.4.1 Supported Methods for taggedItem
          • C.17.4.4.2 Resource Types Linked to From taggedItem
        • C.17.4.5 urn:oracle:webcenter:tagging:users
          • C.17.4.5.1 Navigation Paths to users
          • C.17.4.5.2 Supported Methods for users
          • C.17.4.5.3 Resource Types Linked to From users
    • C.18 Using the Discussions REST API
      • C.18.1 Discussions Entry Point
      • C.18.2 Discussions Resource Type Taxonomy
      • C.18.3 Security Considerations
      • C.18.4 Discussions Resource Types
        • C.18.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:discussions:forums
          • C.18.4.1.1 Navigation Paths to forums
          • C.18.4.1.2 Supported Methods for forums
          • C.18.4.1.3 Resource Types Linked to From forums
        • C.18.4.2 urn:oracle:webcenter:discussions:forum
          • C.18.4.2.1 Navigation Paths to forum
          • C.18.4.2.2 Supported Methods for forum
          • C.18.4.2.3 Writable Elements for forum
          • C.18.4.2.4 Read-only Elements for forum
          • C.18.4.2.5 Resource Types Linked to From forum
        • C.18.4.3 urn:oracle:webcenter:discussions:forum:topics
          • C.18.4.3.1 Navigation Paths to topics
          • C.18.4.3.2 Supported Methods for topics
          • C.18.4.3.3 Resource Types Linked to From topics
        • C.18.4.4 urn:oracle:webcenter:discussions:forum:topic
          • C.18.4.4.1 Navigation Paths to topic
          • C.18.4.4.2 Supported Methods for topic
          • C.18.4.4.3 Writable Elements for topic
          • C.18.4.4.4 Read-only Elements for topic
          • C.18.4.4.5 Resource Types Linked to From topic
        • C.18.4.5 urn:oracle:webcenter:discussions:forum:topic:messages
          • C.18.4.5.1 Navigation Paths to messages
          • C.18.4.5.2 Supported Methods for messages
          • C.18.4.5.3 Resource Types Linked to From messages
        • C.18.4.6 urn:oracle:webcenter:discussions:forum:topic:message
          • C.18.4.6.1 Navigation Paths to message
          • C.18.4.6.2 Supported Methods for message
          • C.18.4.6.3 Writable Elements for message
          • C.18.4.6.4 Read-only Elements for message
          • C.18.4.6.5 Resource Types Linked to From message
    • C.19 Using the Lists REST API
      • C.19.1 Entry Point for Lists
      • C.19.2 Lists Resource Type Taxonomy
      • C.19.3 Lists Security Considerations
      • C.19.4 Lists Resource Types
        • C.19.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:lists
          • C.19.4.1.1 Navigation Paths to lists
          • C.19.4.1.2 Supported Methods for lists
          • C.19.4.1.3 Resource Types Linked to from lists
        • C.19.4.2 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list
          • C.19.4.2.1 Navigation Paths to list
          • C.19.4.2.2 Supported Methods for list
          • C.19.4.2.3 Method (list): GET
          • C.19.4.2.4 Method (list): PUT
          • C.19.4.2.5 Method (list): DELETE
          • C.19.4.2.6 Resource Types Linked to from list
        • C.19.4.3 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:rows
          • C.19.4.3.1 Navigation Paths to rows
          • C.19.4.3.2 Supported Methods for rows
          • C.19.4.3.3 Resource Types Linked to from rows
        • C.19.4.4 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:row
          • C.19.4.4.1 Navigation Paths to row
          • C.19.4.4.2 Supported Methods for row
          • C.19.4.4.3 Method (row): GET
          • C.19.4.4.4 Method (row): PUT
          • C.19.4.4.5 Method (row): DELETE
          • C.19.4.4.6 Resource Types Linked to from row
        • C.19.4.5 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:columns
          • C.19.4.5.1 Navigation Paths to columns
          • C.19.4.5.2 Supported Methods for columns
          • C.19.4.5.3 Method (columns): GET
          • C.19.4.5.4 Method (columns): POST
          • C.19.4.5.5 Resource Types Linked to from columns
        • C.19.4.6 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:column
          • C.19.4.6.1 Navigation Paths to column
          • C.19.4.6.2 Supported Methods for column
          • C.19.4.6.3 Resource Types Linked to from column
    • C.20 Using the Activity Graph REST APIs
      • C.20.1 Activity Graph Entry Point
      • C.20.2 Activity Graph Resource Type Taxonomy
      • C.20.3 Security Considerations
      • C.20.4 Activity Graph Resource Types
        • C.20.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:activitygraph:recommendations
          • C.20.4.1.1 Navigation Paths to recommendations
          • C.20.4.1.2 Supported Methods for recommendations
          • C.20.4.1.3 Resource Types Linked to from recommendations
        • C.20.4.2 urn:oracle:webcenter:activitygraph:recommendations:recommendation
          • C.20.4.2.1 Navigation Paths to recommendation
          • C.20.4.2.2 Read-only Elements for recommendation
        • C.20.4.3 urn:oracle:webcenter:activitygraph:items
          • C.20.4.3.1 Navigation Paths to items
          • C.20.4.3.2 Supported Methods for items
          • C.20.4.3.3 Resource Types Linked to from items
        • C.20.4.4 urn:oracle:webcenter:activitygraph:items:item
          • C.20.4.4.1 Navigation Paths to item
          • C.20.4.4.2 Supported Methods for item
          • C.20.4.4.3 Writable Elements for item
          • C.20.4.4.4 Read-only Elements for item
          • C.20.4.4.5 Resource Types Linked to from item
    • C.21 Using the Search REST APIs
      • C.21.1 Search Entry Point
      • C.21.2 Search Resource Type Taxonomy
        • C.21.2.1 Navigation Paths to results
        • C.21.2.2 Supported Methods for results
        • C.21.2.3 Resource Types Linked to From results
      • C.21.3 Security Considerations
      • C.21.4 Search Resource Types
        • C.21.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:searchcollection:links
        • C.21.4.2 urn:oracle:webcenter:searchcollection:results
        • C.21.4.3 urn:oracle:webcenter:searchcollection:facets
  • D Troubleshooting
    • D.1 Troubleshooting WebCenter Portal Shared Library Deployment
    • D.2 Troubleshooting Portlet Creation
      • D.2.1 Cannot Access the Create Portlet Wizard
      • D.2.2 Cannot Add the Portlet Functionality that I Want to the Portlet