CHAPTER 7 Application Development Framework

IN THE PAST FEW CHAPTERS you saw a standard way of developing a Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application using Java Server Pages (JSPs)/Servlets and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). However, there is no denying that J2EE can get quite complex at times, and you need to understand many things to be able to deploy a quality J2EE application. Developing an application and developing a quality application are two very different things in J2EE.

Many attempts at reducing the complexity of J2EE and building frameworks and abstractions that will make the developer's task easier have already been made. The Application Development Framework (ADF) is Oracle's attempt at this. Apart from reducing complexity, raising ...

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