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XML Publisher/Oracle Applications Framework
Technology Update
11.5.10
Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2004. All rights reserved.

Introductions
Brent Mosher, Senior Sales Consultant, Applications

Technology, Rocky Mountain Region
brent.mosher@oracle.com
Jason Reedy, Senior Sales Consultant, Applications

Technology, Northern California Region
jason.reedy@oracle.com
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Topics
• XML Publisher
• Oracle Applications Framework
• Q&A

XML Publisher

Overview
Oracle XML Publisher is a new java-based product

available within the technology stack
of the Oracle E-Business Suite
and offers a template-based,
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easy-to-use publishing Invoices
solution, based on standard,
well-known technologies
and tools so customers can
take advantage of it easily Labels Reports
and to rapidly develop and
maintain report formats.
Destinations XML / EFT / EDI

Product Features in 11.5.10
• Data Source Registration

• Template Registration
• XML Report Publisher Program

Benefits
• Authoring - Application developers can focus on

extracting the data.
• Managing - Business consultants can create templates
using familiar tools such as Acrobat, Word, Excel and
others.
• Delivering - End users can publish documents in multiple
output formats, multiple languages, and multiple delivery
options.

The Way Things Work

Design the Template using desktop applications. Your
template files can be either in Rich Text Format (RTF) or
Portable Document Format (PDF).
XSL
Design Templates

Set the E-Business Suite report to generate XML. Run the
E-Business Suite Report using standard request
submission to obtain the XML output.
XSL
Design Templates Generate XML

XML Publisher merges your design template with the XML
data to generate your customized report.
XSL XML EFT
Design Templates Generate XML Publish Report

Apps Products Utilizing
XML Publisher
• HRMS • Order Management

• DBI/PMV • iStore
• Purchasing • Project Contracts
• Contracts • Marketing
• Sourcing • Student Services
• Quoting • Discrete Manufacturing
• FSG • Process Manufacturing
• eRecords • Bill Presentment
• Loans • Internal Controls Manager

Product Dependencies
The two layers of XML Publisher and the Core

Components have separate dependencies:
• XML Publisher
– Requires OA Framework 5.7 and up
– XML Publisher core components
• Core Components
– Oracle XML Parser 8.1.7

Third Party Integration Points
• Microsoft Word – used to create RTF report

templates
Version: MS Word 2000 and up
• Adobe Acrobat – used to create PDF document
templates.
Version: Acrobat 5.x and up

For Additional Information
• Oracle University Training and Enrolment:
– http://education.oracle.com/web_prod-plq-dad/plsql/s
how_desc.redirect?redir_type=3
• Oracle Product Information:
– Oracle.com - http://oracle.com/
– AppsNet - http://oracle.com/appsnet/content.html
– MetaLink - http://metalink.oracle.com
• Oracle Product Documentation:
– AppsNet -
http://www.oracle.com/appsnet/products/documentat
ion/content.html
– About Document: MetaLink Note: 269605.1
• Oracle Product Software (on Metalink):
– XDO Core 4.5.0 - Note: 3554612
– XDO OA 4.5.0 (Apps Layer) - Note: 3554613
Oracle Applications Framework

Oracle Applications Framework
• The development and deployment platform for

HTML-based Oracle E-Business Suite Applications
• 100% Java & XML J2EE based, middle-tier
application framework and services for the rapid
development & deployment of HTML based
applications

Model-View-Controller (MVC) Architecture
A component-based design with clean interfaces

among model, view, and controller objects
The controller responds to
Meta-data user actions and directs
Flows Controller application flow
UI Objects
DB Objects
Model View
The model encapsulates The view formats and

underlying data and business presents data from a
logic of the application model to the user

The Model:
Business Components for Java
Java/XML based J2EE framework

Utilizes and adds value to the J2EE platform
Takes care of application plumbing
Key Benefits:
• Reusable and maintainable code
• Productive development
• Easy client binding
• Implements J2EE best practices
• Multiple deployment options

The Model:
Business Components for Java
Entity object – encapsulates business logic

for database table, view, or synonym.
Accessed through a
View object – filtered subsets of entity
objects. Clients navigate through result
sets, getting and setting attribute values.
Application module – a logical container for
instances of view objects.

OA Framework-Based Page: The View

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The View - Design Time
Developers use Oracle

JDeveloper OA Extension to
create pages declaratively.
Pages are made up of a
hierarchy of regions and
items.
• The order of the items
determines their
position within a page
or region UI at runtime.

The View - How It Works
OA Framework Design time OA Framework Runtime

Page Hierarchy
UIX UIX
Bean Hierarchy Renderers
JSP/HTML
Browser
Cache
Metadata .XML

The Controller – User Interaction
User takes an action Browser

sends
request to Controller
Controller
Metadata
Workflow
Apply Model
1. Controller delegates data
processing to Model
2. Determines next page View
3. Invokes View to present the
next page to user

The Model – Data Processing
BC4J OBJECTS
Side
w
Entity Objects (EO) Vie
View Objects (VO) UIX
Bean Hierarchy
Application Module
(AM)
DML
Validations
.XML Application Module
Defaulting
(AM)
Database
Tables,Views
PL/SQL

Architecture: Layering Promotes Reuse
• Each layer only “knows” about the

layers below it.
• This provides for easier reuse at
any of the layer boundaries.
OA
Controllers
Application
Modules
View
Objects
Entity
dataflow up stack (pull) Objects
dataflow down stack (push) DB

Key Benefits
• High end-user productivity

• Enterprise-grade Performance and Scalability
• Low cost applications customizability
• Rapid development environment
• Standards based development and deployment
platform

Architecture: Performance & Scalability
• Multi-tier scalable architecture

• No code on the client, minimal Javascript
• Middle-Tier caching
• Resource pooling
• Passivation capabilities
• Proven scalability with several large
deployments

Key Features
• Consistent and Compelling User Interface

• User Interface Interactivity
• Durable Personalizations and Extensibility
• Built-in Security
• A2A and B2B Interoperability
• Integrated Development Environment
• Mobile
• Functional Administration Tool

User Interface Interactivity
• Interactivity of the user interface is necessary

for end-user productivity. The OA Framework
offers a set of competitive interactivity features:
– Partial Page Rendering
– Hot keys
– Save Model
– Smart Choice List
– LOV Auto Completion

User Interface Interactivity Partial Page Rendering (PPR)
• PPR technology allows only the changed

portion of a page to be redrawn rather than the
full page.
• Partial Page Rendering Examples:
– Table record-set navigation / Add a row
– Hide/Show
– Sub tabs can be configured to use PPR
– Gantt charts can be refreshed with PPR based on
changes to associated data
– Descriptive Flexfields context switching

User Interface Interactivity Accelerator (Hot) Keys
• Support alphabetic hot keys for common UI

navigation and user actions
• Support numeric hot keys for application-
specific UI navigation and user actions
• Hot keys can be added and personalized at the
customer site using Admin Personalization

User Interface Interactivity Smart Choice List
• Smart choice list is an LOV with a choice list

that includes the commonly-used values.
• 11.5.10 provides enhanced personalization
capabilities for the smart choice list to allow
users to delete, reorder, and add values to
the choice list.

User Interface Interactivity LOV Auto Completion
• When the user enters a partial value in a field

that is associated with an LOV, the OA
Framework determines if the partial value leads
to a unique record.
• If so, the OA Framework automatically
populates the mapped values between the LOV
and the page fields.
• The end-user saves time that would been
wasted in bringing up the LOV popup,
conducting a search and selecting the same
record.

Personalization vs. Extensibility
Personalization
• Declaratively tailoring UI look-and-feel, layout
or visibility of built-in content to suit a business
need or a user preference
• Use the Personalization Framework
Extensibility
• Extending the functionality of an application:
– Adding new content or business logic
– Extending/overriding existing business logic
• Use JDeveloper

Personalization
Extensibility
• Use JDeveloper

Personalization

Personalization

Personalization

Personalization
Extensibility
• Use JDeveloper

Integrated Development Environment
• Oracle JDeveloper OA Extension comes with a

number of resources including:
– A Developer’s Guide
Development Standards
– A set of Tutorials
– Javadoc
– A Samples Library
– Online Help

Integrated Development Environment
• Create BC4J Components

• Create OA Framework Pages
• Add OA Framework Regions

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QUESTIONS
ANSWERS

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Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2004. All rights reserved.

Brent Mosher, Senior Sales Consultant, Applications

Jason Reedy, Senior Sales Consultant, Applications

1-2 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2004. All rights reserved.

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Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2004. All rights reserved.

Oracle XML Publisher is a new java-based product

Destinations XML / EFT / EDI

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• Data Source Registration

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• Authoring - Application developers can focus on

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Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2004. All rights reserved.

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Design Templates Generate XML

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XSL XML EFT

Design Templates Generate XML Publish Report

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• HRMS • Order Management

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The two layers of XML Publisher and the Core

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• Microsoft Word – used to create RTF report

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• The development and deployment platform for

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A component-based design with clean interfaces

The model encapsulates The view formats and

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Java/XML based J2EE framework

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Entity object – encapsulates business logic

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Developers use Oracle

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OA Framework Design time OA Framework Runtime

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User takes an action Browser

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• Each layer only “knows” about the

dataflow down stack (push) DB

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• High end-user productivity

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• Multi-tier scalable architecture

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• Consistent and Compelling User Interface

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• Interactivity of the user interface is necessary

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• PPR technology allows only the changed

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• Support alphabetic hot keys for common UI

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• Smart choice list is an LOV with a choice list

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