ADF UI Shell

Post date: Jul 19, 2015 10:8:45 PM

Oracle Dynamic Tabs Shell (notes from ADF Essential video)

What is the ADF UI Shell?

Has: App LAF, page templates with layouts, set of tab management code

Its an accelerator!

Allows window driven operation.

Providers power beyond standard web site

Gives your app that minty Fusion Apps taste! Make yours similar to Oracles apps.

Design and Development of App that uses ADF UI Shell

1. 1 page per app subsystem with

   1. Consistent page layout

   2. Predictable navigation behavior for users

   3. Whole page doesn't need to refresh

   4. Users manage separate tabs within the shell

2. Heavily makes use of task flows in regions

3. Doesn't actually do colors and fonts (= skins)

D&D

Design: What 1st level main pages will your app have?

Design and build major functions which equate to BTF

These become dynamic tabs

Define and build navigation

1. List of links, data driven context menus

2. Open new or existing tab?

3. Create a shell launcher calls TabsContext.java

Create each page

1. Has Facets e.g Toolbars, Links

2. Attributes e.g. branding logos copyright

Launcher Class

See image

Basic steps for rudimentary app:

1. Need page based on UI shell

2. Need navigation items that call the Launcher class

3. Launcher class calls the pre-built Bounded task flows.

Limitations:

1. Max of 15 Dynamic tabs second level tabs

2. Switch away/back from page results in BTFs restarting. Applies to having multiple UI Shell pages.

Source code location:

White paper on UI shell: http://bit.ly/adfuishell

This site has the source code for ADF UI Shell

References:

ADF UI Shell whitepaper http://bit.ly/adfuishellwhitepaper

Oracle magazine article http://bit.ly/adfuishelloraclemag

Sample application http://bit.ly/adfuishellsampleapp

Customer Discussion http://bit.ly/adfuishellcustomer

Adding security http://bit.ly/adfuishellsecurity