Thursday, September 25, 2008

Oracle Open World 2008 - OAF (Oracle Application Framework)

Oracle Application Framework through Webservices & Portlets.

I thought at first it was about something more fundamental to deal with application frameworks. But in fact, it turned out to be just a bunch of components that can be used to support Portletization and Personalization of business services.

It's all about BC4J and it doesn't support WSRP based Portlet solution yet. In another words, E-Business Suite 11.x supports only JPDK based portlets and from E-Business Suite 12.x, it will support WSRP, the standard portlets.

There are two different approaches of portletizing the business services; static and dynamic. Static approache is basically introspects existing portlets and expose them by registering. On the contrary, dynamic approaches enable users to find JDPK based portlets and convert them into WSRP based portlets.

So far, OAF (Oracle Application Framework) is being developed through JDeveloper OA Extension. JDeveloper OS Extension in turn can be used to build portlets or business services. Portlets can be registered through OAF Web Providers and be used by Portal or Oracle WebCenter. Business services can be exposed through ISG or WSA and be used by BPEL or BAM.

Now, with new OAF, Portlet Generator and Business Service Generator lesson the burden on creating portlets or business services. These generator can generate appropriate portlets and services for you.

I got bored and came out of the session here ... looks like not much to say ... ;-)

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