In previous chapters, you learned the technologies for building a report using the Active Viewer. However, these views can only be rendered in Internet Explorer, as it requires IE-specific XML and Active Data processing. BAM 11g provides a preview feature that allows users to create ADF-based views. Once these views are deployed to an Application Server, they can be accessed using any web browsers.
In this chapter, you will learn how to create your report using ADF.
Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) is a framework that implements the MVC design pattern. Oracle ADF builds on the latest Java EE standards and various open source technologies, to standardize and simplify enterprise application development.
The high-level ADF architect is as follows:
This multi-layer architecture contains the following components:
ADF Business Services: This layer provides business logics and interfaces for interacting with backend information...