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Wednesday 24 July 2013

Implementing custom search form in ADF programmatically (Without using af:query)

Sometimes we need to implement custom search instead of using adf query component.
To implement custom search form , i have used a quite beautiful way to handle search and reset functionality for a View Object.
In this post i am taking Employees Table (Default HR Schema) to search and reset af:table.

  • First create a Fusion Web Application and create model (EO,VO and AM) using Employees table
  • Now suppose we have to search on 4 fields (EmployeeId, FirstName, Email, Salary) , so for this i have created a new read only ViewObject from dual
  •  This VO from dual is created to be used as Search form on page
  •  Now to make search effective on Employees VO , i have created 4 bind variable for corresponding fields in Employees ViewObject



  •  Now i have created a ViewCriteria using these 4 bind variables to re-query ViewObject  data
  •  This ViewCriteria will be executed each time when value of bind variable is changed, now this is the time to set value of bind variables, so i have dragged dual vo as a form on page, and added 2 button for Search and Reset
  •  To View Search Result , Employees Table is there on page
  •  Now to get value from Form Field to bean , i have created binding for all 4 fields in bean
  •  Now i have created ActionListener for Search button- in this code i have get value from page using component bindings and passed in Employees ViewObject's bind variable in order to execute viewCriteria.

  •     public void searchButton(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
            searchAMImpl am = (searchAMImpl)resolvElDC("searchAMDataControl");
            ViewObject empVo = am.getEmployees1();
            empVo.setNamedWhereClauseParam("EmpIdBind", empIdPgBind.getValue());
            empVo.setNamedWhereClauseParam("FirstNmBind", firstNmPgBind.getValue());
            empVo.setNamedWhereClauseParam("EmailBind", emailPgBind.getValue());
            empVo.setNamedWhereClauseParam("SalaryBind", salaryPgBind.getValue());
            empVo.executeQuery();
        }
    

  • Once value is set in bind variable , view criteria is executed and Search result will be shown in resultant table- Run your application and see
  • To reset values in table and search form, see the managed bean code of Reset button

  •     public void resetButton(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
            searchAMImpl am = (searchAMImpl)resolvElDC("searchAMDataControl");
            ViewObject empVo = am.getEmployees1();
            ViewObject attrVo=am.getattr1();
            empVo.setNamedWhereClauseParam("EmpIdBind", null);
            empVo.setNamedWhereClauseParam("FirstNmBind", null);
            empVo.setNamedWhereClauseParam("EmailBind", null);
            empVo.setNamedWhereClauseParam("SalaryBind", null);
            empVo.executeQuery();
            attrVo.executeQuery();
          
        }
    

  • Click on reset button and page value are set to default

  • This is how we can implement custom search using ADF components, you can apply validations, auto suggest feature etc while using this custom search
          Cheers :-)  Download Sample App

30 comments :

  1. Hi Ashish
    Thanks for tutorial but i am not able to see filtered result on click of button
    What could be the reason ?
    Please help me

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    1. Smita have you applied viewCriteria in ApplicationModule ?
      Go to Application Module --> click on viewObject--> click on Edit button on top right corner--> shuttle viewCriteria to selected side
      And check again

      Ashish

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    2. Thanku So much Ashish, It worked

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  2. Hi Ashish, Could you please elaborate how did you create data binding? I'm new to ADF i tried following your attached sample application, but didn't understand the concept of data binding creation.

    I will be grateful if you explain that.

    Thanks a ton in advance ..Your blog is really awesome keep up writing :)

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    1. Pranay

      Just drag dualVO from DataControl and drop on page as form and framework will do all other things (It'll create Data Binding in page def)

      Ashish

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    2. Got it ...Now my application working fine.. Thank you so much ashish ..

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  3. if i have list like deparetment name ... how i can use it in custom Search

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    1. Hi Tokando

      You can create a lov in dual vo first for department name and then drop this list in form and use in custom search

      Ashish

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  4. Hi Ashish,
    How is the table getting refreshed when we did not give any partial trigger to the table?

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    1. As button has partial submit false then whole page is refreshed and no need of partial trigger

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  5. Hi Ashish,
    I've implemented your sample successfully but I'd need the table with the results (employees) be empty just when page is first loaded.
    How can I do it?
    BR,
    Jose.

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    1. Hi Jose

      You can call executeEmptyRowSet method of viewObject on page load

      Ashish

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    2. Found it

      It's just set RefreshCondition="#{!adfFacesContext.initialRender}" to the iterator

      https://blogs.oracle.com/shay/entry/preventing_queries_when_page_f

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    3. Good to know, Just another way :)

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    4. Sorry Ashish, but I have another problem with your example.
      Could you please check here?
      https://community.oracle.com/message/14332993

      BR,
      Jose.

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  6. when i run the page there is no text field available to fill in , only the label for each one is showed

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    1. Hi Kareem

      Make sure that you have set updatable to always in attributes property of viewobject

      Ashish

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  7. Why did you call attrVo.executeQuery()?
    Thanks in advance

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    1. To reset all attributes of dual VO that is used as search form , On Reset action all fields of search form should be empty

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  8. I tried to download the sample app but got a secure connection failed error. Would you please check it out? I did fine until I got to 'Now to get value from Form Field to bean , i have created binding for all 4 fields in bean'. I need guidance on where and when to create the bean. Thanks!

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  9. How do you get the text fields to display when the form loads? the textboxes aren't populating, just labels. I am using JDeveloper 12C.

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    1. Hi Samantha

      Set updatable=Always for dual viewObject's attributes and check again

      Ashish

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  10. Hi Ashish

    I am new to ADF, using JDev12c. I dropped DualVo as a form and now creating a bean for the search button. I create a new bean and a method 'searchButton' but I don't see any bindings for the fields like your class file has. Can you point out my mistake?

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    1. For now I have created the bindings manually and completed the tutorial for search button. I am using LOV and autosuggest in my 2 search fields. The autosuggest was working before adding the bean for search button but it stopped working after I added the searchButton method. Now it shows 'No results found' for any keyword. Any ideas why?

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  11. Thanks Ashish
    i have some quite deferent scenario, need your help
    the dual VO has five attribute, 1 input text, 3 date, and 2 LOV (select one choice) , and the OR used in the where VC, so user can use any on the bind variables.
    the result when i clicked the search button it shows all records.
    Q: how to show records based on user inputs, and how to control the VO.executeQuery() ?
    thanks

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