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Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide

By : Vinod Thatheri Krishnan
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Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide

By: Vinod Thatheri Krishnan

Overview of this book

Oracle ADF is an end-to-end framework which makes application development simple by providing infrastructure services as well as visual and declarative development right away. "Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide" guides any user with programming skills to be able to quickly learn the options and ways to develop rich Internet applications using ADF 11gR2. Containing all the skills that a new user has to use to build an application in ADF 11gR2, this book is designed in such a way so that it enhances the practical feel of developing applications in ADF 11gR2. Starting with the installation and configuration of Oracle ADF 11g RD we will then work through topics such as working with the Model Layer and Model Data followed by displaying and binding the data. Later we will look at Navigations and Flows within applications as well as their layout, look, and feel. "Oracle ADF 11g R2 Development Beginner's Guide" will conclude with us looking at the security and deployment of the applications which have been created.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Pop Quiz Answers
Index

Time for action – adding an EL expression


  1. Add the af:switcher component to the page from the Component palette.

  2. Select the switcher component in the page from the Structure window or from the design view.

  3. From the Structure window right-click on the af:switcher component and then select Insert into the option to insert a facet.

  4. Provide the facet name as first. Repeat the same step to add another facet named second.

  5. In the property inspector, provide the value as first for the defaultFacet property.

  6. Inside the first facet, add the employee information from the Data Controls palette. Drag-and-drop the EmpVO information on to the first facet.

  7. Add the DeptVO to the second facet. Surround the table with a group layout or a stretch layout based on the requirements of the page.

  8. Now add the following EL expression to the facetName property of the switcher:

    #{bindings. EmpVO1.estimatedRowCount > 0 ? 'first' : 'second'}

What just happened?

The previous expression will render the first facet if there is...