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ADF: (Automatic) Partial Page Rendering across Taskflows
0One of the great features of ADF is the easy out-of-the-box support for Partial Page Rendering (PPR) using the partialTriggers, autoSubmit and partialSubmit properties. And when things get a bit more complex there is a very easy API to do it programmatically. But what if
- you don’t know beforehand what attribute or column will change, or
- you don’t want to replicate this “Model logic” in the View layer (e.g. because you want to adhere to the Model-View-Controller pattern), or
- components are scattered across Taskflows (in which case you cannot use the declarative support and the programmatic approach is suddenly very hard)?
Fortunately, ADF has a solution: Automatic Partial Page Rendering (or Auto PPR). If you have used ADF with Business Components, you might have seen or used it already, but it is less obvious that you can also use it with ordinary Beans or Bean DataControls.
JDeveloper code templates
0When you write a lot of code, no matter what sophisticated framework you use, there are pieces of code that you end up writing over and over again (especially when using Java). Writing logging code in Java is a good example. A common pattern is to initialize a static logger variable in every class you want to log something. Fortunately, JDeveloper has a feature called “Code Templates” that can make your life a lot easier! I have seen several blogs that explain how to use Code Templates for logging code (I saw one from as early as 2006; the feature itself has actually been available since 2004!). But still a lot of people are not aware of this feature (or perhaps simply forget to use it).
ADF DVT: Using the Timeline component to visualize the recent history of an RSS feed
0One recurring theme in my articles on ADF has been that end users usually do not care about data. They are interested in getting information that helps them answer questions, make decisions and take actions. Data may be the foundation, but information is to be derived from the data. One way therefore to create applications that are more valuable to our end users is by preprocessing data and turning the data into information – or even into answers, proposed decisions and actions. A powerful way of turning data into information is through data visualization. By presenting data in a format that converts it to readily interpretable information, we help our users a lot. Bar charts, line graphs and other traditional charting formats are one of way visualizing data. The DVT library in ADF Faces goes far beyond traditional charts. It provides components such as the Gantt Chart, the Hierarchy Viewer, the Tree Map, Gauge and the TimeLine that help visualize data in natural, informative and attractive ways. This articles discusses the TimeLine component – introduced in ADF 11gR1 PS6 (11.1.1.7) in the Spring of 2013.
The TimeLine visualizes events against a time axis. It is as simple as that. More >
ADF DVT Speed Date: Interactive Bubble Graph
0Recently the ADF SIG at AMIS organized an ADF DVT Speed Date. During this speed date six AMIS consultants presented their favorite DVT Component. In a series of blogposts we share the knowledge and findings. In this post you get introduced to the ADF DVT bubble graph. I will also show you how to make it interactive by clicking on the bubbles. The ability to make a graph interactive can be very usefull.
In the following bubble graph that we are going to create, the Life expectancy (y-axis), income a year (x-axis) and the population (bubble size) is shown. This in steps of 10 years, for the last 50 years (1970, 1980, 1990, 20000 and 2010). So for each country 5 bubbles are shown. The location of the bubble has a meaning; for example in Japan (grey) the life expectancy is the highest and in Pakistan the lowest (green). -Have developing countries moved forward their income? -Do they have longer lifes than 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 years ago? A picture says more than thousand words – you can see it immediately in the graph.
Training Oracle ADF 11g, 15 tot en met 19 april
0Van 15 tot en met 19 april geeft Luc Bors de 5-daagse ADF 11g training op het kantoor van AMIS in Nieuwegein. In 5 dagen leer je de basis van Oracle ADF 11g. De training bestaat basis uit presentatie, demonstratie en hands on, doorspekt met best practices en voorbeelden uit de dagelijkse praktijk. Schrijf snel in via deze link.
OTN Yathra 2013 – The six city Oracle tour of India
0The Oracle ACE directors and Java champions are organizing an evangelist event called ‘OTNYathra 2013’ between 15th & 27th February 2013. The event is sponsored by the Oracle Technology Network. I will be one of the speakers on this tour – presenting two or three presentations at each of the six host cities for this tour:
Advanced SQL for experienced Oracle developers
Thinking Through Java Enterprise Performance
The very latest in Oracle Database development (including 12c)
Other speakers on this tour will cover topics such as ADF, LDAP, OVM, Oracle Enterprise Linux, RAC and Clusterware, BigData, Essbase and OBIEE, APEX, EPM and Hyperion. Speakers include Java Champion and Oracle ACEs and ACE Directors such as Harshad Oak, Hans Forbrich, Edward Roske, Murali Vallath, Vivek Sharma.
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