User properties are a powerful resource for defining special application behavior and business logic. They are provided as an alternative to writing custom script code by Oracle engineering.

Because user properties are often limited to certain classes, in the case of business components and applets, their functionality is not always easy to understand.

In this chapter, we introduced the most important user properties for business components, fields, applets, controls, list columns, and views.

In the next chapter, we will learn how to support navigation concepts such as drilldowns, applet toggles, and the thread bar.