oracle adf interview questions and answers - Part One

JDeveloper IDE General

• How can I make JDeveloper faster?
  • Is your JDeveloper slow? - it shouldn't be (Shay Shmeltzer)
  • Making JDeveloper faster - another tip (Chris Muir)
  • Try adding the AddVMOption -Dsun.java2d.ddoffscreen=false to the jdev.conf (Phillipc)
  • Improving Performance in Jdeveloper 11g (Vivek Kumar)

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What are commonly used keyboard shortcuts in the editor?

• Navigation keyboard shortcuts and tricks
• Default Keymapping list
• How to set up JAD Decompiler for use in JDeveloper (to not get JDeveloper generated stubs when debugging or navigating into Classes)
• Database Diagramming Tips and Techniques - 1 Keyboard Accelerators (Susan Duncan)

How do I write JDeveloper extensions?

• Introduction to Developing JDeveloper Extensions
• Building an extension to JDeveloper or SQL Developer is now easy
• Sample JDeveloper Extension - Go To File Shortcut

Can I change the default IDE font size?

• Changing the overall JDeveloper IDE font size (Chris Muir)

• Why would I choose Subversion over CVS for my file version control system in JDeveloper?

• JDev: why is Subversion preferred over CVS? (Chris Muir)

• What happens when I delete a workspace or project in 10.1.3?

• How To Delete An Entire Workspace Or Project? (Didier Laurent)

• The page WSIWYG design editor doesn't show my page's components, it just shows a bunch of boxes

• ADF Faces Pages under WEB-INF Directory Do Not Render Correctly in 10.1.3.1 (Didier Laurent)
• Diagnosing Problems with the Visual Editor Not Rendering JSF Pages (Didier Laurent)

ADF General

• How do I enable ADF diagnostics?
  • 5.5.3.2 Enabling ADF Business Components Debug Diagnostics

• What do I modify ADF to set dbms_application_info for the database session so DBAs can monitor performance of my application?

• Implementing Instrumentation in ADF applications - for enhanced administration (Lucas Jellema)

• What's the difference between ADF and OAF?

• OAF vs ADF over Oracle Applications (Shiv Saroj)

• Can I log all ADF errors to the database?
  • JDev ADF: How to log all errors to the database (Chris Muir)

• How do I capture/handle the start, end and timeout of a user session?
• JDev/ADF: How to log user login/logout/timeout to the database (Chris Muir)
• How to let your user know his session has expired in an ADF10g application (AMIS - Frank Houweling)

ADF Business Components

• How do I populate the primary key of my entity object from a database-trigger-assigned sequence value?
  • 6.6.3.8 Trigger-Assigned Primary Key Values from a Database Sequence
• How to use Bind Parameters with ViewObjects
  • ADF BC: Fun with Bind Parameters - Part One - Complex Order By clauses
  • ADF BC and Faces: Fun with Bind Parameters Part Two - Locale specific database querying from the ViewObjects
  • Fun with ADF BC Bind Parameters - Part Three: Support for generic bind-parameters in ADF Business Components
  • ADF BC - Fun with Bind Parameters Part Four - Choosing between various Pre-Canned Queries by leveraging the View Link bind-parameter
• How do I use a view object with named bind variables to create a search form?
  • 5.9 Using Named Bind Variables
  • 10.5.2 How to Work with Named View Object Bind Variables
  • 18.4 Creating Search Page Using Named Bind Variables
• How do I override the default database error messages in ADF BC?
  • Don't constrain yourself: displaying alternative database constraint error messages with ADF BC
  • Business Components without the Business: Part I (Avrom Roy-Faderman)
• What are ADF BC custom properties used for?
  • I rest my case: Converting ADF BC EO/VO attributes to upper and lower case with custom properties
• How do I remove additional unnecessary key attributes in a view object with one or more reference entity usages?
  • 7.3.1.4 Removing Unnecessary Key Attributes from Reference Entity Usages
• How can I bind an array of values into the "IN" clause of a view object's SQL statement?
  • See example# 1 (Array of String Domain Example) on Dive Into ADF
• Can I integrate ADF BC and Oracle Designer's Table API?
  • Integrating the Oracle Designer Legacy Table API with Oracle JDeveloper 11g ADF Business Components
• Can I change the default prompts generated for ADF Business Component attributes?
  • ADF BC: Changing the default prompts generated by ADF Business Components

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• Is there a better way to rollback inserts and edit changes?

• Oracle ADF A view object with cancelInsert and cancelEdit operations (Athanassios Bakalidis)
• How-to cancel an edit form, undoing the edits (Frank Nimphius)

• Does ADF support Oracle Flashback queries?

• Integrating Flashback in ADF Web Applications - providing the historic perspective (Lucas Jellema)

JavaServer Faces (JSF)

• How do I reference an application module from a JSF backing bean?
  • 8.5.3.1 How to Access an Application Module Client Interface in a JSF Web Application
• What do the implicit EL objects do?
  • Some explicit language about implicit EL objects (Chris Muir)
• What is the easiest way to work with EL expressions in my backing bean code?
  
  • Source for a Simple EL Helper Class (Steve Muench)
• Why are JSF components derived from the same set of base Java classes?
  • Part 1: Demystifying ADF Faces black magic - component categorisation (Chris Muir)
• What is a JSF component behavioural interface?
  • Part 2: Demystifying ADF Faces black magic - component behavioural interfaces (Chris Muir)
• Can I split the faces-config.xml file?
  • Using multiple faces-config.xml files in JSF (Chris Muir)
• Can I split the DataBindings.cpx file?
  • Using multiple DataBindings.cpx files in JDev 11g (Chris Muir)
• Can I execute 2 operations from a command control?
  • Oracle ADF Two action listeners in one action (Athanassios Bakalidis)
• How do I extend the JSF lifecycle?

• Extending ADF's FacesPageLifecycle (Janusz Marchewa)
• Can I change the browser favicon?

• Introducing Dynamic favicons in JSF applications (Lucas Jellema)

• Rather than a JSF sessionScope or requestScope, how do I implement a pageScope in JSF 1.x?

• Easy Implementation of viewScope or pageScope in JavaServer Faces (JSF) 1.x (Lucas Jellema)

• How do I implement a progress indicator for slowing running operations?

• How-to build a reusable Glasspane in ADF Faces RC (Frank Nimphius)
• Glasspane in ADF Faces RC (Andrejus Baranovskis)

• What changes to ADF Faces\RC does JDeveloper's support for JSF1.2 deliver?

• A list of the most eye catching new features in Java Server Faces release 1.2 - relevant for example to JBoss RichFaces 3.1+, Seam 2.x and ADF 11g developers (Lucas Jellema)

ADF Faces

• How do I build cascading LOVs in ADF Faces?
  • JDeveloper - Cascading Lists of Values over 2 combo boxes
  • JDeveloper 11 Live Demo - Cascading List of Values
  • Improved 10.1.3 ADF Faces Cascading LOV Example
  • JDeveloper 11 - Business Services Cascading List of Values
  • Mutually dependent dropdown lists in ADF Faces - leveraging ADF BC Bind Parameters and ADF Faces Partial Page Rendering

• How to I create a delete record facility for each record in an ADF Table?

• Add a Delete Record icon to a data bound ADF Table

• How do I populate an af:tree component programmatically?

• Back to programming: Programmatic ADF Faces Tree component

• Can I prevent keyboard navigation to a rendered component?

• ADF Faces: How-to exclude a component from keyboard navigation

• How to display an open file dialog and upload a file from the UI?

• ADF Faces: Direct file download through managed bean (Frank Nimphius)

• How do I force the user to select a row in a table?
  • How to enforce row selection in ADF Faces table before next step (Jakub Pawlowski)
  How do I get partial page refreshes and partialTargets working?
  
  • Refreshing A Part of Your Page After a Pop-up (Shay Shmeltzer)
  • Partial Page Renderring (PPR) fails for commandLink within ADF Table (Pas Apicella)

• Is it possible to change the color of values in a table?

• ADF Tables. Changing the colour of negative valued columns (Athanassios Bakalidis)

ADF Faces Rich Client (RC)

• How do I implement templating in ADF Faces RC?

• Templating in Oracle JDeveloper 11g

• How do I work with the drag and drop features in ADF Faces RC?

• Drag and Drop in ADF Faces Rich Client

• Can ADF Faces RC work with JavaScript?

• ADF Faces RC: An Introduction to JavaScript (Ric Smith)
• ADF Faces RC: More on JavaScript (Ric Smith)
• ADF Faces Rich Client - JavaScript Programming Nuggets (Frank Nimphius)

• How do I remove that annoying spinning Oracle logo?

• How-to configure a custom splash screen for ADF Faces RC (Frank Nimphius)

• How does the user's experience with ADF Faces RC differ from ADF Faces?

• ADF Faces RC - the humble inputText control - it's all about the presentation baby! (Chris Muir)

• The client insists field level validation errors should stop the user from moving out of the field, how can I do this?

• ADF Faces Rich Client - Complex Validation (Andrejus Baranovski)

Security

• How do I reference the current user in my components/backing beans/ADF BC application module?

• J2EE Container Managed Security: How to reference the current user

• Can I use database tables for authentication?

• Using database tables for authentication in ADF applications (Johan Tuitel)
• Database Authentication and Authorization in J2EE Container Managed Security (Frank Nimphius)

• Can I use database users for authentication?

• How To Support Dynamic JDBC Credentials (Avrom Roy-Faderman, Michael Gantman, and John Smiljanic)

• How do I retrieve ADF BC created by/modified by history columns when I use programmatic authentication?
  • Programmatic Authentication for Oracle ADF Business Components (Matthew Wilson)

• Can I implement security without using JAAS?
  
  • Making use of JSF Security without JAAS roles (Pascal Alma)

Deployment

• What do I need to worry about when deploying my ADF application?

• Practical ADF Application Deployment for Fusion Middleware Administrators (Simon Haslam)

Version Control

• How does Subversion integrate with JDeveloper?
• Version Control with Subversion: Creating a Repository for Single-User Projects (John Stegeman)
• Version Control with Subversion: Managing Versions in a Team Environment (John Stegeman)
• Version Control with Subversion: Avoiding "Gotchas" (John Stegeman)

HTTPAnalyzer

• How do I configure JDeveloper's HTTP Analyzer?

• Configuring the HTTP Analyzer to record HTTPS traffic
• Understanding Rules in the HTTP Monitor in JDeveloper 11
• Handy JDeveloper utility: the Http Analyzer (Chris Muir)
• Capturing traffic from JAX-WS RI, or indeed any java client, on localhost (Gerard Davison)

Caching

• What deployment issues can caching solve?

• Deploying Oracle ADF: What did I learn about caching (Athanassios Bakalidis)

Product integration

• How do I integrate technology X, Y, Z with JDeveloper or ADF?
• Visit the ADF Integration page on the Wiki.

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