Today I had a request to implement a generic logging mechanism for all changes of data (DML) in an ADF application. The log needs to be persisted in a database table. This application uses ADF-Business Components and an Oracle Database. My first idea was to use database triggers for all tables (insert, delete, update for each row) and write the data to a log table. However that was not generic enough because this has to be implemented on every new table. I had to come up with an ADF solution. It’s basic, no rocket science, but useful (more…)