This document discusses Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) Essentials, which provides key ADF technologies for free. It includes ADF Faces rich client components, ADF Controller, ADF Data Binding, and ADF Business Components. While some features are removed due to dependencies on Oracle Fusion Middleware, ADF Essentials still provides a powerful free development framework. The document also summarizes a customer case where ADF Essentials was used to build an application deployed on Tomcat.

1. ADF For Free ?
ADF Essentials can do the magic
ODTUG Kscope 14, Seattle, June 2014

2. Who Am I
• Luc Bors
• Principal Consultant
• AMIS Nieuwegein Netherlands
• Friends of Oracle & Java
• Oracle Partner

3. Who is he ?
• Frank Houweling
• Senior Java / ADF Developer
• Focus on performance diagnosis and performance management
• AMIS Nieuwegein Netherlands
• Friends of Oracle Java
• Oracle Partner

4. Agenda
• What is ADF Essentials
• AMIS ADF Essentials Customer Case

5. What is ADF Essentials ?
• Key ADF Technologies packaged for free
– ADF Faces Rich Client Components (over 150)
• Including DVT
• Including HTML5 rendering (when supported by Browser)
– ADF Controller
• ADF Taskflows
– ADF Data Binding
• Abstraction of underlying datasoureces
– ADF Business Components
• Only supported in JDeveloper, not in OEPE
– Deploys on Glassfish (Reference Implementation for java EE)
• Also on any other Java EE container

6. ADF Rich Client Components
• 150+ HTML5 components
• Accessibility and i18n
• Touch Gesture Support
• Rich UI Components
– Charts, Maps, Calendars, Carousel
• Built in Rich Functionality
– Drag and Drop
– Dialog and Popup
– Active Data (push support)

7. ADF Controller
• On top of JSF Page Flow Engine
• Define Process Flows of Pages and Methods
• Reusable Task Flows
– ADF Libraries
• Diagram your Process

8. ADF Business Components
• A Framework that simplifies developing Java EE Business Services for
Developers that are familiar with 4GL tools, declarative development and
Databases
• Simplify Data Access
• Simplify Validation and Business Logic
• Use SQL Based data views

9. ADF BC – Ease of Life
• Query By Example all Fields
• Master Detail Coordination
• List of Values
• Calculated Fields
• Validation
• Transaction control
• Locking and State Management

10. ADF Model – Data Binding
• Unified Binding Solution
• Reuse
• Productivity
– Drag and Drop Data Binding

11. ADF Essentials ? But why ?
• Oracle wants you to use ADF !
– No license fee
– Support of Open Source Application Servers (also free)
• Oracle is still committed to ADF !
– It is Oracle’s strategic framework
– Fusion Apps, Enterprise Manager, My oracle Support…..
• ADF Essentials is meant to
– Grow the ADF community
– To Drive Market Adoptiion for ADF

12. Some technologies are
removed from ADF Essentials
• Everything that has a dependency with Fusion Middleware Components
• Why ?
– Fusion Middleware runs on Weblogic Server and WLS is bundled with all FMW
dependencies
– Those dependencies are not available on other Java EE servers
• Removing the features makes ADF Essentials portable
• Removed features are not part of the ADF core
–

13. Not Included in ADF Essentials
• ADF Mobile
• ADF Desktop Integration
• ADF Business Components Service
Interface
• ADF Remote Taskflows
• ADF Data Controls for
– Web Services
– BI
– Essbase
– BAM
• All Integration with Oracle Fusion
Middleware:
– MDS (*)
– OPSS
– OWSM
– EM/Mbeans
– High Availablitiy and Clustering

14. So what is left ?

15. Compared to ADF

16. Not Included in ADF Essentials
• ADF Security is NOT in ADF Essentials
• Why ?
– Built on top of OPSS
– Integrated with Oracle FMW
• Solution
– Use Java Authentication and Authoriation Service (*)

17. Develop with ADF Essentials
•

18. Deploy ADF Essentials
• Deploying Oracle ADF Essentials applications is supported on
• Oracle WebLogic and GlassFish
• However, from a licensing perspective there
• are no limitations on deploying on other Java EE server

19. Customer Case
CARGONAUT, INSIGHT IN AIR CARGO TRAFFIC WITH
ORACLE ADF ESSENTIALS ON TOMCAT
• Cargo at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
• Cargonaut is the vital link for
optimal handling of goods at Schiphol.

20. Used Products
• Oracle JDeveloper and ADF Essentials
– ADF Faces Rich Client Components
– ADF Task Flows
– ADF Business Components
– ADF Data Binding
– Oracle 11g database
• Tomcat 6

21. Why Tomcat ?
• The existing infrastructure
– Tomcat with Single Sign On.
• The existing experience with Tomcat
– Server maintenance perspective.

22. Technical Challenges
• No Security ?!
• No MDS ?!
• Nested UI Shell ?!

23. Architectural Solution
• Oracle Database
• ADF BC
• ADF-Controller
• ADF Faces
• ADF Data Binding
• JOSSO
– Java Open Single Sign On (JOSSO) is a single sign-on solution for web applications.
– It is an open source Java EE based software for user authentication and
authorization.

24. Dashboard

25. UIShell

26. Do Correction

27. Send Message

28. Shipment details

29. Simulate Users

30. Search

31. Tomcat Configuration 1:
Datasource name

32. Tomcat Configuration 2:
Create a WAR instead of an EAR

33. Tomcat Configuration 3:
deselect all libraries dependencies

34. Tomcat Configuration 4:
Delete all three ADF app
listeners

35. Demo Time

36. ADF Essentials Summary
• Free
• Fully Functional
• Powerful

37. Resources

38. Luc Bors, AMIS, The Netherlands
Luc.Bors@amis.nl
LucBors@gmail.com
Follow me on : @lucb_

39. Get ADF For Free !

40. Deploy ADF Essentials
• Deploying Oracle ADF Essentials applications is supported on
Oracle WebLogic and GlassFish
• However, from a licensing perspective
there are no limitations on deploying
on other Java EE server

41. Glassfish Installer

42. Glassfish Domain setup

43. Check Installation

44. Create JDBC connection
•

45. JDeveloper Support
• JDeveloper Glassfish Extension
– The first one lets you start the Glassfish server.
– The second one lets you stop Glassfish server.
– The third one starts Glassfish server in debug mode.
– The fourth one starts the Glassfish server web console app.

46. JOSSO
• JOSSO Open Source Internet SSO
– All-In-One Identity Management Solution
– Point-and-Click Setup and Administration
– Standards-based
– Runs in Apache Tomcat, Jboss, and more
– LDAP support for storing user information and credentials.
– Database support for storing user information and credentials.