The following topics introduce the new and changed features of <Suite/Component> and other significant changes that are described in this guide, and provides pointers to additional information. This document is the new edition of the formerly titled Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle JDeveloper Extensions.
JDeveloper 12c (12.1.2) includes the following new and changed features for this document:
New Extension Application, which is configured for extension development.
Improvements to how the extension manifest, extension.xml is edited in the Overview Editor. The Overview Editor now enables you to declaratively define both the extension manifest and the OSGi manifest manifest.mf.
Support in the New Gallery for creating a new Freemarker file template that you can use in an extension hook defined file template.