KSCOPE 2011: What do you mean “Agile”
Currently in Cary Millsap’s session about his agile approach on things called “My Case for Agile Methods“. Agile is (not yet) my thing, but knowing Cary, and he is …
Category: Software Development
Kaleidoscope 2011: Sunday's Symposium
Sunday’s Conference day started very early at around 07:30 by going straight to registration, then on to a quick breakfast and the first session at 08:30 AM. Joel Kallman …
Book Review : Oracle ADF Enterprise Application Development – Made Simple
On my way to Los Angeles (Long Beach) for KScope 2011 (12 Hours in an airplane) I had plenty of time to do some reading and writing.The book I …
Turning any XML document into a Java Object graph using JAXB 2.0
As a followup to my recent article on how to Produce and XML document based on data in a POJO structure using JAXB (https://technology.amis.nl/blog/12499/creating-an-xml-document-based-on-my-pojo-domain-model-how-will-jaxb-help-me) I will describe in this …
Creating an XML document based on my POJO domain model – how will JAXB help me?
The challenge is a common one. We have got data in a domain model, based on POJOs. And we need to marshall that data into an XML document. Note …
How to run into and resolve EL PropertyNotFound exception and propertyNotReadable in JSF with private inner class
The other day on one of the projects I am involved with, we ran into an unexpected exception, from an innocent looking EL expression: javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: … value=”Book #{book.title}”: Missing …
Using the ADF DVT Radar Graph for comparing series – further analyzing ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2011 Session Schedule
June 22, 2011
Java, Oracle, Oracle Application Development Framework, Oracle WebLogic Server
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I have always had a fascination for the Data Visualization capabilities of all the tools and technologies I have worked with. For example: I worked with Oracle Graphics 2.0, …
JDeveloper 11gR2: New option Test WebService in WSDL editor – quickest route to implement and test JAX-WS SOAP WebService
It is just a little feature addition – this ‘Test WebService’ button in the WSDL Editor in JDeveloper 11g Release 2 that was released last week. But it can …
Leveraging HTML 5 Navigator API to show the browser's current location on an ADF Faces 11gR2 Thematic Map component
This article demonstrates how, through a bit of JavaScript interacting with the HTML 5 Navigator API, some more JavaScript using the ADF Faces Rich Components API and the ADF …
ODTUG KScope Preview 2011
Ook dit jaar, namelijk op dinsdag 14 Juni, organiseert AMIS de ODTUG Preview. Het jaarlijkse congres van de ODTUG, de Oracle Development Tools Users Group, vind dit jaar plaats …
Enriching EL evaluation in JSF applications – retrieve values from property files or system properties
This article illustrates the use of a custom ELVariableResolver in JavaServer Faces applications. In this example, we extend the basic functionality of JSF EL resolution with the ability to …
Leveraging Spring Beans in ADF Faces applications and using the Spring PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer bean to dynamically configure bean properties from external files
The Spring Framework is omnipresent in the world of Java applications. Many developers, teams and organizations make use of Spring for various reasons, such as its persistency support, the …
Two tips Using XAMPP, Apache, Tomcat on Windows 7 (getting started)
Here are some practical tips for getting XAMPP running on your Windows 7 machine. I use this for getting my Hudson / Maven / Sonar demonstation environment. There are …
ADF 11gR2 DVT – Visual changes in Carousel and Hierarchy Viewer
Two small new features caught my eye while scanning the 11gR2 new features list for ADF DVT. One applies to the Carousel, the other to the Hierachy Viewer. They …
ADF 11g R2 : ADF Business Components UI Categories and Dynamic Forms (and some new IDE features)
ADF 11gR2 has some very nice UI Hints features. Some were already available in previous releases. In this post I will describe the effect of the UI Categories. On …
ADF 11g R2 : Skin Editor First Impressions
June 7, 2011
Development Tools, IT, Oracle, Oracle Application Development Framework, PL/SQL, Web/Java
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With JDeveloper 11gR2 the skineditor is finally there. I share my first impressions in this post. When you need a skin for your application in previous versions, some configuration …
ADF 11g : What is the Currently Active Taskflow in a Dynamic Region ?
There are use cases in which you need to determine what the currently active taskflow is. This looks like simple, but in fact it is not ! Let’s rephrase …
XFILES APEX Community Edition (XACE)
Roel Hartman and me are currently very busy with our Kaleidoscope 2011 presentation “XFiles, the APEX Version: The Truth is in There…“. During this presentation, we will demonstrate the …
How to remove unwanted SOAP header elements in JAX-WS
In our current webservice project with JAX-WS in JDeveloper 11.1.1.3 we have a challenge with calling a webservice. This webservice from a remote organisation does not accept specific SOAP …
Getting started with your career (in Dutch)
April 21, 2011
AMIS, Announce / Events, Architecture, Development Tools, IT, Java, Mobile, Oracle, Oracle Application Development Framework, Software Engineering, Web/Java, XML
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Als bezoeker van deze blog ben je bezig met het maken van mooie oplossingen en nieuwe uitdagingen op technisch gebied. AMIS nodigt je uit om ons team te komen …
How to use an outerjoin to synchronise data
April 11, 2011
AMIS, Database, Databases, PL/SQL, Software Development, Software Engineering
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There is often a need to synchronize data from a query. For example reading external data and update the tables. Sometimes it can be achieved by a single merge …
Oracle Forms 10g Tuning tips
Although there are quite some new screenbased application techniques, a lot of companies use the traditional Oracle Forms & Reports. Even with the transition to an entire new application …
Hands-on: Synchronize your database from a webservice with JAX-WS and ADF Business Components
This step-by-step starter hands-on provides an example how to make a JAX-WS webservice proxy in JDeveloper, and save retrieved data from this webservice in a batch-job to your own …
Fun ADF challenge: showing the previous field in the tool tip for each form field
The other day I received the following email: thanks for your ADF articles. I will need an urgent technical help. It would be highly appreciated if you help me. …
Android puts Oracle on the (Google) map
For a couple of months I have been discovering the Android platform. As an original Oracle developer I was wondering how an Android app can be connected to an …
ADF 11g : Adding a Keystroke Filter to an ADF Shuttle Component
February 18, 2011
Development Tools, Oracle Application Development Framework, Oracle WebLogic Server, Web/Java
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Recently I had to implement a selectManyShuttle Component with a filter on it. Filtering a selectManyShuttle Component has been described many times so that is no rocket science. However, …
Wat kan je als Forms of database ontwikkelaar met Oracle Database Release 11g?
Een upgrade naar de nieuwste versie van de Oracle Database vindt zelden plaats op initiatief van het applicatie-ontwikkelteam. Upgrades worden meestal gedaan in verband met support-regelingen, op verzoek van …
Oracle JRockit MissionControl Part 1
There are several tools on the market for performance management. There is  for instance JConsole, the Enterprise Manager ( GridControl) but another nice tool to see how your JVM …
ADF 11g : Using jQuery and ADF to provide a fading user feedback
January 31, 2011
Development Tools, IT, Oracle Application Development Framework, Oracle WebLogic Server
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Last week someone asked me if it was possible to inform the users of his application about the fact that data has been changed. No problem I told him. …
The Talking Database – on putting query results into words – soundbiting from SQL?
In my investigations into the role the Oracle RDBMS can play in application architectures and especially how Java applications can leverage the database, I have ventured into some strange …
No JDBC based data retrieval in Java applications – RESTstyle, JSON formatted HTTP based interaction from Java to Database
This article demonstrates how Java application can query data from relational databases (well, in this case more specifically the Oracle RDBMS) without the use of plain old JDBC but …
Weblogic deployment using the Oracle weblogic maven plugin
With the PS3 release of the SOA Suite a new version, 10.3.4, of Weblogic has been released. Amongst others, this release also includes a new Weblogic Maven plugin (weblogic-maven-plugin) …
Having users create Polls in your (and their) ADF/WebCenter application – at run time
The Patch Set 3 release of Oracle Fusion Middleware hit the streets a few days back. For many of the FMW components, this release is one that fixes bugs, …
Oracle Diagnostics Logging (ODL) for application development
Logging is a very important aspect of application development as it offers run-time access to the behaviour and data of the application. It’s important for debugging purposes but also …
ADF 11g : Log Data Manipulation
January 6, 2011
Development Tools, IT, Oracle Application Development Framework, Web/Java
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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 …
Debugging and testing Coherence applications
Oracle Coherence is an in memory Data Grid framework, data replication and distributed services.In fact Coherence is a sort of  data store. To test or debug data access code …
the "other" developer
When thinking of development, one easily think of developing functionality for applications, business functionality and end-users. But how about developing for administrators? Normally a product like Oracle Application Server …
Oracle XBRL Extension Ready for Download
The new ready to download Oracle XBRL Extension is a “no cost option” on top of the latest Oracle Database 11.2.0.2.0 release. With this added functionality you will get …
Adding a custom method in an ADF BC Service Interface – update of a single attribute in a selected row
The article “Quickly creating, deploying and testing a WebService interface for ADF Business Components” (https://technology.amis.nl/blog/9726/quickly-creating-reploying-and-testing-a-webservice-interface-for-adf-business-components) that I recently published describes a way of very rapidly creating the HRService Web …
Quickly creating, deploying and testing a WebService interface for ADF Business Components
December 29, 2010
Continuous Delivery, Java, Oracle, Oracle Application Development Framework, SOA
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As you probably already know, ADF Business Components can very easily be exposed through a WebService interface. An Application Module can be configured with a Service Interface, ordinary ViewObjects …