OAF - Table Events

Table events are HTTP requests that are trapped and processed by OA Framework an
d handled during the processFormRequest phase.
EVENT_PARAM - indicates the event generated by a web bean (a table, in this case
).
The possible events generated by a table are:
GOTO_EVENT - when 'Next' or 'Previous' navigation links are selected
SORT_EVENT - when a column header is selected to sort that column
HIDE_EVENT - when the 'Hide' link of a detail disclosure is selected
SHOW_EVENT - when the 'Show' link of a detail disclosure is selected
ADD_ROWS_EVENT - when the 'Add Another Row' button is selected
UPDATE_EVENT - when the total row 'Recalculate' button is selected
VALUE_PARAM - indicates a value that is relevant to a particular event: When a d
etail disclosure Hide/Show is selected, the value parameter contains the row ind
ex corresponding to the row whose Hide/Show was selected. When the 'Next' or 'Pr
evious' link of table navigation bar is selected, the value parameter contains t
he index of the first row of the current range. For example, when the row range
1-10 is displayed, the value is 1 and when the row range 11-20 is displayed, the
value is
SIZE_PARAM - indicates the number of rows currently displayed in the table (rele
vant only to the navigation event).
STATE_PARAM - indicates the current sort state (ascending or descending) of the
column on which sorting is invoked (relevant only for the sort event).