Browsing through the page definition file

We have already discussed the creation of the page dentition file when dropping data collection on a page. The following screenshot displays a typical page definition file in the structure window of JDeveloper:

Browsing through the page definition file

In this section, we will analyze the different entries in a page definition file and their usage at runtime.

Parameters

The <parameters> section in the page definition file allows you to define parameter binding objects that other bindings or UI components can refer. In real life, you may use this section to define parameters whose value is referenced from multiple places in a page definition file.

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