5 Querying Data Using View Objects

This chapter describes how to query from the database using SQL queries encapsulated by ADF view objects.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Section 5.1, "Introduction to View Objects"

• Section 5.2, "Creating a Simple, Read-Only View Object"

• Section 5.3, "Using a View Object in an Application Module's Data Model"

• Section 5.4, "Defining Attribute Control Hints"

• Section 5.5, "Testing View Objects Using the Business Components Browser"

• Section 5.6, "Working Programmatically with View Object Query Results"

• Section 5.7, "How to Create a Command-Line Java Test Client"

• Section 5.8, "Filtering Results Using Query-By-Example View Criteria"

• Section 5.9, "Using Named Bind Variables"

• Section 5.10, "Working with Master/Detail Data"

• Section 5.11, "Generating Custom Java Classes for a View Object"