1. Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle ADF Overview
Shay Shmeltzer
Group Manager – Oracle JDeveloper / Oracle ADF

2. Oracle JDeveloper - Enterprise IDE
Java EE
Web User Interfaces
Web Services
SOA
WebCenter / Portlets
Database
XML
JDeveloper

3. JDeveloper - Unified Visual Development
SOA
Java
Web 2.0

4. Choice of Development Styles
…but even though all these development can be done visually, it is always possible to use another type of development though dialog or code for instance and it is always possible to pop up the hood and see what is going on behind the scene.
Whether you are using the visual development, dialog or code you are working on the exact same artifact with a different representation which always developer coming from different backgrounds to work together, on the same application, but using a different level of abstraction.
Everything you change visually is reflected into the code and everything you change in the code is immediately reflected visually.
Visual
Dialog
Code

5. Full Lifecycle Support

6. Oracle’s ALM Strategy Hot-Pluggable
Bring together the market leading ALM solutions into an integrated solution
Provide centralized services
Customized use of ALM solutions
Teams, roles and privileges
Relationships between ALM artifacts
Automated processes
Reporting and auditing
Collaboration
Centralized services
Customization
Relationship Management
Process Automation
Reporting
Collaboration

7. Oracle ALM For the Developer
Tightly integrate ALM inside of JDeveloper
Allow custom team definitions and artifacts
Integrated Chat
Provide collaboration and presence indication
Integrate artifacts from ALM vendors as work items
Eventing framework

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Oracle ADF
Oracle’s Application Development Framework

9. A Common Development Framework Oracle Application Development Framework
Increase productivity & ease-of-use
Visual and declarative development
Takes care of the “plumbing” code
Implements best practices
Promote service oriented development
Re-usable business services
Composite applications development
Standards-based
Choice of technology, deployment platform
End-to-end coverage
MVC, security, customization

10. Unified Binding and UI Orchestration
ADF Architecture
Portals / WebCenter
Channels
Desktop Browsers
Excel
Mobile Browsers
Disconnected Mobile
Unified Binding and UI Orchestration
Service Interfaces
Database
WebServices
EBus / PSoft
Siebel
Service Orchestration

11. Oracle’s Strategic Framework
ADF is used at Oracle for all “next generation” Web User interfaces
Fusion Applications (CRM, HCM etc.)
Middleware components (Enterprise Manager, administration consoles etc)
Vertical applications (Insurance, telco, pharma…)
WebCenter Spaces and Services
Anyone can use this
Available to customers and partners (inc. source code)

12. Oracle ADF - Major Benefits
Faster and simpler standard-based development
Forrester - the Oracle 11g development environment may finally be the “Visual Basic for Java”
Partners report 30% productivity improvement over .Net
Rich interactive user interfaces without the cost
Single set of developer skills
Mobile, BI, Geographic Information, Cubic data
Common infrastructure
Declarative customization (company, department, personal, portal)
End-to-end security
Drag-and-drop binding
Reliable certification and support
Advanced Tooling

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Rich Web User Interfaces

14. ADF Faces Rich Client Components
Over 150 components
Built in Ajax
Skin-able
Accessibility & internationalization
The usual components plus:
Charts, gantt, geo-map, pivot, calendars, coverflow
Built in advanced functionality:
Drag and drop framework
Dialog and pop-up framework
“Active Data” - Dashboards / push updates (comet)
Templating and declarative components

15. Data Visualization Components
ADF provides advance data visualization components such as graphs, maps, hierarchy viewer, carousel, calendar, pivot table, gantt charts and more.

16. ADF TaskFlows Define flows of pages and methods Diagram your process
Build reusable task flows
In other flows, inside other pages
Advance functionality in a declarative way
Transaction, initialization, Back button
An extension to the JSF page flow engine
We provide a visual way to define and change flows of web pages and tasks.
And an easy way to reuse them.
Along with many functionalities that you can achieve in a declarative way – all extending the functionality that JSF gives you.

17. Task Flows - Reusable Page Flows
Bounded Task Flow
Task Flow
Private Implementation and State
Bounded task flow can also be used as regions inside another page – letting you run a complete page flow inside another page. All with support for a separate transaction and memory scope.
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18. MICROS

19. Cuyahoga County GIS

20. Fusion Applications HCM

21. Fusion Applications Projects

22. Fusion Applications Procurement

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Mobile User Interfaces

24. ADF Mobile Browser
Delivers mobile-optimized native look-and-feel user interface to mobile browsers
Adjusts to device’s browser capabilities
Example: Mobile Online Banking and eCommerce Applications
Needs to support consumer/feature phones with plain HTML browser, as well as smartphones
The ADF Mobile Advantage:
One application rendered to a wide variety of devices
Able to leverage advanced capabilities of the smartphone browsers
Degrades gracefully to support HTML browsers
Optimize UI with CSS based on browser support

25. ADF Mobile Client
Renders to an on-device mobile client with device-native UI components
Example: Field Service Applications
Requires offline capabilities, extensive device native services, such as barcode scanner, GPS, and calendar applications
The ADF Mobile Advantage:
Rapid development of core application functionality through drag-and-drop paradigm
Build one application to service multiple device types
Framework provides integration capabilities with peripherals and PIM application integration
Synchronization framework handling data sync and transaction replay

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Office User Interfaces

27. Oracle ADF Desktop Integration
Declarative
Binding
Bulk
Transactions
Connected
Disconnected
Secure
Backend
Services
MSFT Office

28. UI Development in Excel

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Declarative Data Binding

30. ADF Model - Data Binding
JSR-227 Data Controls
Service Oriented Interface
Abstract implementation from clients
Loose coupling between services and application
More Reusability
Discover and share services
More Productivity
Drag and drop data binding
Declarative validation
Control hints
The ADF Model layer is the key glue in ADF. It does the hard work of abstracting the business service implementation layer from the client
This is what makes SOA a reality, because the client tier is separated from the business layer. Drag and drop (will be shown in demo). Validation rules can be defined at this layer as well.

31. ADF 11g Built-in Data Controls
ADF Business Components
Java Class
EJB
Web Service
URL (XML or CSV)
Essbase
Place Holder
Add your own
ADF supports creating data controls for various business services technologies.
In the pictures you can see the data controls option in the New Gallery and the right click menu option to create data controls on EJBs (also available on Java classes).

32. Understanding Binding – UI to Data Control
You can trace the binding of components on your page in the binding tab – this will show you which bindings are included in your page and what is the source for each binding.

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Declarative Database Interaction

34. ADF Business Components
A framework that simplifies developing Java EE business services for developers familiar with 4GL tools, declarative development, and relational databases
Simplify data access
Simplify validation and business logic
Uses SQL based data views
Separate data views from business logic
Implement best practices
Easy customization
Simplify Data Access
Master/detail, QBE, Transactions out of the box
Simplify Validation and Business Logic
Declarative & Coding also easy relationship navigation and enforcement
Uses SQL based data views
Leverage the full power of the database and familiar concepts for 4GL developers
Separate Data Views from Business Logic
Business Logic in one layer (Entity Objects) Data views in another (View Objects)
Implement Best Practices
Many design patterns out of the box
Easy Customization

35. ADF BC - Making Things Simpler
Query by example any field
Master/Detail coordination
List of values
Calculated fields
Various validations
Exposing services
Range fetching
Transaction control
Locking mechanism
State management
All done declaratively without coding!
One key aspect of ADF BC is that it provides a lot of functionality out of the box that save you coding.

36. ADF BC Familiar Concepts for Forms/4GL Developers
Declarative DB access definition – similar to blocks
Built in events – similar to triggers in Forms
Declarative property setting for attribute
Declarative validation
Declarative LOV
Declarative calculated fields
Built in query by example
Find/Execute query support
Reusable property sets
Transaction management using commit/rollback
The other aspect is that it provides a development approach that is similar to the approach that made Forms such a successful and easy to use tool.
Put a key here on the events section – ADF BC offers sort of triggers to place your code in in specific hook points such as before or after a commit or rollback, when you create or remove a record etc…

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Additional Core Capabilities

38. 1. Base application deployed 4. User personalization and more…
Layered Customizations
Key Capabilities:
Common metadata store
Set up personalized content and services for users
Stored as layers on top of base application
Benefits:
Insulates users from updates and patches
Used throughout Oracle stack – business processes, business intelligence and applications
1. Base application deployed
2. Onsite branding
3. LOB branding
Main Point - Overview what’s new with Metadata Services Repository
[NOTE TO PRESENTER SLIDE HAS ANIMATION]
WebCenter uses the Metadata Services Repository – which insulates customizations when upgrading. Key for the different layers of customization or personalization that go on throughout an applications lifecycle. Need to make the point that this is used across Oracle – this is a unique design advantage.
Oracle WebCenter Framework uses the Oracle Metadata Services (MDS) repository to enable you to set up personalized content and services to enhance how users interact with your application or portal. The information is stored as a layer on top of the base application deployment, which insulates you and your users from updates and patches to the base application or portal. MDS is used across business processes, with business intelligence information, and Oracle’s new enterprise applications. It is a common metadata store that is delivers unmatched capabilities that insulate applications and portals from patching and new releases.
Patching problem
I (an ISV) deliver app
Customer changes app
I produce a new version
Customer will not upgrade (loses customization)
Cloud (hosted apps) – 1 install serving many
Enabled for hosted apps
Helps with Multi-tenancy issues
Inceases agility to respond to customer issues
End user experience
Users now accustomed to deep personalization
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39. ADF Security - End-to-end Security
ADF also includes a security framework that allows you to add authentification and authorization to all the layers of your application.

40. Debug Declarative Components
JDeveloper and ADF 11g allow you to set breakpoints not just in your code but also on declarative components such as your flow and binidng.

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Fusion Architecture
The Bigger Picture

42. The Fusion Architecture
View
Business Logic
Data
User Interface
ADF Faces components
Business Services
ADF Business Components
Data
Binding
Database Schema
WebCenter
SDO Services
Events
Human Workflow Service
Mediator /BPEL Process
Business
Activity Monitoring
Rules Engine
Assign
Task
facts
And this is the basic architecture
Spend time on this slide explaining the role of each box
Upper part is core application, lower part is integration SOA layer
On the top you have MVC model for development – better reusability and easier changes
Task
Complete
results
Orchestration
Human interaction
Policy evaluation
Monitoring

43. The Fusion Architecture
View
Business Logic
Data
User Interface
ADF Faces components
Business Services
ADF Business Components
Data
Binding
Database Schema
WebCenter
SDO Services
Events
Human Workflow Service
Mediator /BPEL Process
Business
Activity Monitoring
Rules Engine
Assign
Task
facts
And this is the basic architecture
Spend time on this slide explaining the role of each box
Upper part is core application, lower part is integration SOA layer
On the top you have MVC model for development – better reusability and easier changes
Task
Complete
results
Orchestration
Human interaction
Policy evaluation
Monitoring

44. Components of the Fusion Architecture
Oracle JDeveloper
Integrated enterprise development tool
Oracle ADF
Simpler development of standards-based applications
Oracle SOA Suite
Integration and agility
Oracle WebCenter
Web 2.0 for the enterprise

45. Oracle SOA Platform EM CEP BAM JDEV Adapters & B2B PATTERN DETECTION
MANAGE MONITOR
PATTERN DETECTION
CEP
BAM
BUSINESS VISIBILITY
JDEV
DESIGN
POLICY MANAGER
SECURE
REG/REP
ORCHESTRATE
BPEL PROCESS MGR BUSINESS RULES HUMAN WORKFLOW
INTEGRATE VIRTUALIZE
SERVICE BUS DATA INTEGRATOR
Regardless of whether you’re taking a bottom-up or top-down approach to SOA, there is a clear set of functionalities that you will need – and the Oracle SOA Suite provides all of these. Let’s start from the bottom here.
You never start SOA from scratch – you want to reuse existing assets, be it legacy services, COTS, etc. or even interaction with your business partners. The first thing you need to do is to normalize these heterogeneous sources via adapters, or in the case of the external partners, a B2B gateway that provides all the security and framework required to extend your SOA beyond the boundaries of your enterprise.
Once you have this normalization you need to enable data flows, in a reliable and flexible fashion. Among other things you want to virtualize all these data sources to ensure loose coupling and maximum flexibility as you move forward.
Now that you have the necessary foundation you can start building new value, declaratively through orchestration of these assets. For example you could start building a brand new employee onboarding application that would leverage your existing PeopleSoft HR coupled with BMC Remedy and additional homegrown systems that used to be disconnected.
And then you have a set of cross-functional requirements:
You need to manage the assets developed along the way, and understand the relationships between these various components
You need to secure these highly distributed applications
You need of course to configure, manage and monitor these applications
And then comes the visibility side of things:
First, there is less and less value in looking at individual events or occurences. The true value and intelligence lies in the ability to correlate and make sense of the various patterns of occurences
Second, you need the real-time and graphical tools to not only display but also react to conditions into the business data that transit through your applications
Finally, what are the tools to design and build these? You really have 2 types of users here: business analysts and developers, both with their own skills and requirements.
ERP
MAINFRAME
SERVICES
EVENTS DB
PARTNERS
Adapters & B2B

46. Web services and adapters
SOA Composite Editor
Palette of Service Components & Adapters
Web services and adapters
Mediation
BPEL orchestration
Human Tasks
The composite editor allows both top-down as well as bottom-up approach to SOA design.
SOA composite is a standards-based deployment unit that leverages the SCA assembly model
Can mix a variety of technologies in one single composite app: Mediator, BPEL, Human Workflow, Business Rules, etc.
Note that the Spring component will come post-R1.
Java
Business Rules

47. WebCenter Framework Injects portal capabilities into ADF
Runtime customization: make changes to the application in-place without re-deploying it
Portlets: JSR 168/WSRP, PDK-Java
JSF-Portlet Bridge: Oracle drives JSR 301: expose JSF pages and ADF task flows as standards-based portlets
Content Integration: JCR (UCM, File System, Oracle Portal, Documentum, Sharepoint, Lotus, …)
WebCenter Framework
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces

48. WebCenter Framework Exposed in JDeveloper
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces

49. WebCenter Web 2.0 Services Application Development Framework
WebCenter Web 2.0 Services Integrate Web 2.0 Services in Your ADF Application
Thin adapter layer to abstract back-end services
Adapter: IMAP, MS Exchange
Back-end systems represented by unified connection architecture
UI presented by rich task flow components
WebCenter Framework
WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces

50. WebCenter Development WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
WebCenter Framework
WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces

51. Oracle Composer Runtime Customization In the Browser
Targeting the business user:
Drag and drop
Rich, intuitive user experience
Typical operations
Browse and add resources to pages
Re-arrange page layout
Set page and component properties
Contextual wiring of components
Oracle Composer
WebCenter Framework
WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces
MDS

52. Oracle Composer Web Based Customization
WebCenter Framework
WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces
MDS

53. WebCenter Spaces Community Focused Application
Browser-based
Targeting the business user
Built on top of ADF, the WebCenter Framework, Services, and Composer
Personal Space: personal productivity environment
, Notes, Personal To-Dos
Group Space: rich team collaboration platform
Threaded discussions, Blogs, Wikis, People connections, Worklists, Announcements, RSS, Recent Activities, Search, …
WebCenter Spaces
Oracle Composer
WebCenter Framework
WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces
MDS

54. WebCenter Spaces Browser Based Application
Oracle Composer
WebCenter Framework
WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces
MDS

55. Portals Enterprise Portal Platform
Full support for portlet standards:
JSR 168, WSRP 1.0, WSRP 2.0, JSR 301
Rich inter-portlet and inter-component communication
Integrated runtime page creation and management
Dynamic page layouts and templates
Portals
WebCenter Spaces
Oracle Composer
WebCenter Framework
WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces
MDS

56. WebCenter Development Portals
WebCenter Spaces
Oracle Composer
WebCenter Framework
WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces
MDS

57. Composite Applications Build Your Own
Loosely coupled services
Combining legacy enterprise functions into a new application
Heterogeneous enterprise resources
Tight integration with the SOA stack
BPEL
Worklist
Integrated security framework
Rich UI integration for SOA
Composite Applications
Portals
WebCenter Spaces
Oracle Composer
WebCenter Framework
WebCenter Web 2.0 Services
Application Development Framework
Java Server Faces
MDS
WebCenter Development
Loosely coupled services
Combining legacy enterprise functions into a new application: Old bug DB application can be easily face-lifted without serious programming skills.
Heterogeneous enterprise resources: mergers and acquisitions or departmental preferences result in heterogeneous environments: content repositories, security systems, databases.
Tight integration with the SOA stack
BPEL
Worklist
Integrated security framework
Rich UI integration for SOA

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Development Tools

59. Java Development Tools
JDeveloper
Core platform IDE – covers all aspects of Fusion Middleware – SOA, ADF Framework Design Time, WebCenter, BAM, BI
Aimed at multiple developer types from coders to modelers
Emphasis on adding 4gl like capabilities to Java development
Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse
Set of plugins on top of core Eclipse
Incubator for features to be cycled back into base Eclipse e.g. JSF support
Concentrates on core WebLogic and Database platform support
Deployment, debugging etc.
Focus on code oriented tasks
EJB/JPA, Spring, WebServices

60. The Oracle Development Platform
Integrated
Full development life cycle
Not only for Java EE but for the entire platform
Productive
Visual and Declarative
ALM
ADF
Standard
Choice of technologies
Choice of deployment platforms