Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide

Time for action – adding a script expression

Let us work on the Script expression validator for the Job attribute to understand the full advantages of Groovy expressions. Follow these steps:

1. Select the Job attribute in the EmpEO entity object from the Attributes list.
2. Click on the + icon to add a new validator.
3. Select the Script Expression validator for the Rule Type option. This will open an Expression editor section to write the script.
4. Enter the following code in this editor section:

   String value = newValue; 
   String trim = value.trim(); 
   if(trim.equals('MANAGER')){ 
   adf.error.warn('NO_VACANCY'); 
   return false;
   }
   return true;

   
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