Understanding the Application Definition

The main input to the JHeadstart Application Generator is the application definition, an XML file that defines the data collections to use, the page layout styles, query behaviors, transactional behaviors, and the user interface components to be generated.

This section discusses how to create and edit the application definition in addition to describing the elements defined in this file.

Creating an Application Definition

You use the JHeadstart New Application Definition Wizard to create an initial application definition file. In this wizard, you select an ADF BC application module and specify default layout settings to be used for all groups, as shown in the following wizard page:

Results of the New ...

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