Oracle WebCenter 11g Handbook: Build Rich, Customizable Enterprise 2.0 Applications (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)

Master Oracle WebCenter 11 g Transform your organization into a personalized, user-focused workplace using the detailed information in this comprehensive Oracle Press guide. Oracle WebCenter 11g Handbook shows you how to build Enterprise 2.0 applications that facilitate collaboration and foster innovation. You'll work with task flows and content systems, employ social networking tools, develop portals and composite applications, and deploy runtime customization. Debugging, security, and application tuning are also covered in this practical resource. Develop, test, and deploy dynamic enterprise applications, portals, and portlets Design data-backed rich Internet applications using Oracle JDeveloper 11 g and Oracle WebLogic Server Work with Oracle Content Server and Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Customize applications at runtime using Oracle Composer and metadata services Use the resource catalog to deliver personalized search results to end users Integrate RSS feeds, forums, wikis, and blogs with Oracle WebCenter social computing services Implement the latest Oracle Application Development Framework security tools Extend functionality using mashups, composite applications, and third-party add-ons Understand the Web 2.0 and portal technologies behind Oracle Fusion Applications For a complete list of Oracle Press titles, visit www.OraclePressBooks.com Contents......Page 3 Part I: Introduction to Oracle WebCenter and the Application Development Framework......Page 10 1 Business Application Development: The Journey to WebCenter......Page 11 The Losing Battle......Page 12 The First Revolution: Enterprise Portals......Page 13 The Second Revolution: Composite Applications......Page 14 ...And Then Came Web 2.0......Page 15 Rethinking Application Development......Page 16 Making It All Easier: Oracle Application Development Framework......Page 17 Bringing Us to...Enterprise 2.0......Page 18 Which Leads Us to Oracle WebCenter......Page 19 2 The WebCenter Development Environment......Page 21 Using JDeveloper......Page 22 Tools to Build WebCenter Applications......Page 27 Running and Managing Your Applications......Page 43 3 Oracle Application Development Framework......Page 50 ADF Concepts and Used Standards......Page 51 View: ADF Faces Rich Client......Page 54 Controller: ADFc......Page 63 Task Flows......Page 64 Business Services: ADF BC......Page 67 Model: ADFm (JSR 227) Data Bindings and Data Controls......Page 71 How It All Fits Together......Page 73 Part II: Building WebCenter Applications......Page 75 4 Building Your First WebCenter Page......Page 76 Creating an Application......Page 77 Creating Your First WebCenter Page......Page 81 Adding Your First Component......Page 84 The Inner Makings—the JSP Tag Structure......Page 90 5 Consuming and Building Portlets......Page 91 What Are Portlets?......Page 92 Consuming Portlets in JDeveloper......Page 96 Building Portlets......Page 113 Turning JSF Applications into Portlets: The JSF Portlet Bridge......Page 134 6 Inter-component Communication......Page 141 Which Technique Is for Me?......Page 142 Contextual Wiring with ADF Data Controls......Page 143 Wiring of JSF View Components and Portlets......Page 146 Inter-portlet Communication: Wiring Portlets......Page 155 Contextual Events......Page 160 Contextual Wiring of Portlets at Run Time......Page 165 7 Integrating Content Systems......Page 170 Connecting to Content......Page 172 Simple Table of Content......Page 174 Performing a Search with the Data Control......Page 182 Using the Document Service Components......Page 184 Content-Enabling Your First Application......Page 186 Leveraging the List View......Page 191 Content Server—WebCenter’s Built-in Enterprise Content Management......Page 192 The Recent Documents Task Flow......Page 198 Deployment......Page 200 8 Overview of WebCenter Web 2.0 Services......Page 201 What Are the WebCenter Web 2.0 Services?......Page 203 Business Cases......Page 206 9 Social Web 2.0 Services—New Concepts in the Application Landscape......Page 213 Configuring Your Application for the WebCenter Web 2.0 Services......Page 214 Services Inside and Out......Page 224 Information Discovery Services......Page 237 Communication Services......Page 246 Miscellaneous Services......Page 252 Extending the Services Concept in Your Application......Page 259 Tying It All Together......Page 260 A More Seamless Integration......Page 270 10 Setting Up Your Development Environment for Success......Page 271 No One Is an Island: Topology Matters......Page 272 Version Control......Page 276 Automation through Apache ANT......Page 278 Part III: Tailoring Your Applications......Page 281 11 Run-Time Customization......Page 282 Run-Time Customization Concepts......Page 284 The Oracle Composer Toolbox......Page 285 Advanced Composer Configuration......Page 298 Creating Pages at Run Time Using the Page Service......Page 302 12 Resource Catalog......Page 307 How the Resource Catalog Gets into Your Application......Page 309 Enabling an Existing Task Flow......Page 311 Getting Custom Task Flows into the Resource Palette......Page 314 Adding Your Own Task Flow to the Catalog......Page 317 Organizing the Run-Time Resource Catalog......Page 318 Multiple Catalog Definitions......Page 319 Advanced Resource Catalog Definition Changes......Page 320 Adding Portlets to the Catalog......Page 321 13 Skinning Your WebCenter Applications......Page 322 Skin vs. Style: What Is the Difference?......Page 323 About Skins......Page 324 Applying a Custom Skin to Your Application......Page 328 Advanced Skinning Techniques......Page 336 Skinning for HTML Developers......Page 343 14 Metadata Services Framework......Page 346 Architecture......Page 349 Working on Customizations in Oracle JDeveloper......Page 356 15 Extending Oracle Composer......Page 365 Add-on Panels......Page 366 Property Filters......Page 370 Custom Property Panels......Page 372 UI Event Handlers......Page 374 16 MDS Under the Hood of WebCenter......Page 377 Oracle Composer......Page 378 WebCenter Page Service......Page 384 Part IV: Administering Your Applications......Page 386 17 Installing and Managing WebCenter......Page 387 Installing Oracle WebCenter......Page 388 Managing Oracle WebCenter......Page 402 Monitoring Oracle WebCenter Applications......Page 406 Configuring Oracle WebCenter......Page 408 Accessing Diagnostics Information......Page 410 18 Security......Page 412 ADF Security Overview......Page 414 Securing an ADF Application......Page 416 WebCenter and ADF Security......Page 434 19 Deployment......Page 437 But Where Have All Those Tests I Did So Far Been Run?......Page 438 What If My Application Is Secured?......Page 448 Part V: Oracle Applications Integration......Page 450 20 Extending Oracle Applications with WebCenter......Page 451 Portlet-Based Integration with Oracle E-Business Suite......Page 452 Integrating Oracle PeopleSoft Applications via Portlets......Page 454 Oracle JD Edwards Enterprise One Portal Solution......Page 457 A Different Approach—Oracle Siebel Applications......Page 459 Putting It All Together......Page 462 21 Looking to the Future with WebCenter and Fusion Applications......Page 463 WebCenter Web 2.0 Services in Fusion Applications......Page 465 Customization in Fusion Applications......Page 468 Communities in Fusion Applications......Page 470 The Future of WebCenter and Fusion Applications......Page 472 A......Page 473 B......Page 474 C......Page 475 D......Page 477 F......Page 478 I......Page 479 J......Page 480 M......Page 481 O......Page 482 P......Page 483 R......Page 485 S......Page 486 T......Page 487 W......Page 488 X......Page 490 Master Oracle WebCenter 11 g Transform your organization into a personalized, user-focused workplace using the detailed information in this comprehensive Oracle Press guide. Oracle WebCenter 11g Handbook shows you how to build Enterprise 2.0 applications that facilitate collaboration and foster innovation. You'll work with task flows and content systems, employ social networking tools, develop portals and composite applications, and deploy runtime customization. Debugging, security, and application tuning are also covered in this practical resource. Develop, test, and deploy dynamic enterprise applications, portals, and portlets Design data-backed rich Internet applications using Oracle JDeveloper 11 g and Oracle WebLogic Server Work with Oracle Content Server and Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Customize applications at runtime using Oracle Composer and metadata services Use the resource catalog to deliver personalized search results to end users Integrate RSS feeds, forums, wikis, and blogs with Oracle WebCenter social computing services Implement the latest Oracle Application Development Framework security tools Extend functionality using mashups, composite applications, and third-party add-ons Understand the Web 2.0 and portal technologies behind Oracle Fusion Applications For a complete list of Oracle Press titles, visit (http://www.OraclePressBooks.com) www.OraclePressBooks.com Showing you how to build Enterprise 2.0 applications that facilitate collaboration and foster innovation; this comprehensive guide will help transform your organization into a personalized; user-focused workplace. -- Edited summary from book