Oracle JDeveloper 11gR2 Cookbook

Using a generic backing bean actions framework

In this recipe we will create a base backing bean class that we will use to encapsulate common functionality for common JSF page actions, such as committing and rolling back data, creating new records, deleting records and so on. Creating and using such a generic backing bean actions framework will guarantee that you provide consistent functionality throughout the application and encapsulate common functionality at a base class level. This class is not intended to be used as a utility class. Any new helper methods that were developed to demonstrate the recipe were added to the ADFUtils utility class discussed earlier in this chapter.

Getting ready

We will be adding the generic backing bean ...