Get Facebook profile detail using restfb Graph API in Java & ADF

Facebook is most popular social networking sites now a days and influencing our life in all aspect. Facebook gives us option to use it's Graph API to access it's features programmatically, The Graph API is primary way to read and write to facebook social graph using Access Tokens

In this post I am talking about how to access Facebook profile detail using restfb graph API . So First we need to know about Acsess Tokens

Change live application language/resource in Oracle ADF, Change XML Resource file at runtime

Hello All

I have posted about using external XML file as List resource bundle earlier , the aim of resource file is to read application static text from some source so that we can change that without compiling and redeploying application

Next requirement is to change application language , sometimes we need support multiple langauge in ADF application and it requires change in all static text so for this I am going to use separate XML resource file for different language and in this post I'll show that how to update resource file in a live running application

Export ViewObject data to PDF file using Apache PDFBox

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Hope you all are doing well :)

This post is about exporting view object data in a pdf file directly from af:table , export to excel is built in feature of ADF but exporting data in PDF requires little bit of extra effort
So here for this requirement I am using Apache PDFBox library , previously I have posted about using this API to create PDF file from text data
I know many of you will not visit that link ;) So a quick overview

Using external XML file as list resource bundle in ADF Application

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In this post I am talking about using external XML file as list resource bundle in ADF Application

Using this approach we need not to hard code component's label and messages , all labels and messages will be read from XML file and no need to open application to change any resource , In short we can update resources without compiling and redeploying application

ADF Basics: Duplicate Record Validation Using Custom Java Method

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Recently I have posted about duplicate record validation using model level business rules (Unique Key Validation) but sometimes we need to check some more conditions or we have some other logic that should be checked before validating the input then in that case we can write custom java method in model (Application Module Impl class) and call it in bean validator using binding layer

Uploading mulitiple files to server path in Oracle ADF using af:inputFile

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Previously I have posted about uploading and downloading files from server path (Refer this post for more clarification), In that post I have described the process of uploading single file at a time but sometimes we need to upload multiple files at a time and for that requirement we can use same code with little modification


So In this post we'll see that how can we upload multiple files at a time using af:inputFile, Here I am using same sample application that is used in previous post

Using Code Template for Reusable codes in Jdeveloper IDE

Jdeveloper IDE comes with lots of features and one of them is Code Template, Code Template means some saved code that can be used using a shortcut key anywhere in editor.
There are many preconfigured templates for e.g.
Type sop in editor and press ctrl+enter and IDE will write

System.out.println();

Type main in editor and press ctrl+enter and IDE will write

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ;
    }

ADF UI- Show DVT Chart inside af:table and other collection components

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This post is about showing a chart inside  ADF Faces Collection component like af:table or af:listView

This is a simple task to create normal chart but in case if we have to show table row record as a chart or graph then we have to change chart value and chart item value references so that it doesn't show all record but only values of that row

This post talks about these two requirements

1. Show same viewObject values as chart in af:table or af:listView
2. Show child viewObject values as chart in af:table or af:listView

ADF UI- dvt:bubbleChart component overview, Show data in 3 dimensions

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In ADF we have many dvt components and dvt:bubbleChart is one of them. This chart uses three measures for X-axis, Y-axis and size of bubble and looks good on UI

A good interface makes it easy for users to use application with interest, Previously I have posted a lot about ADF UI , you can read all posts here- Better UI in Oracle ADF

ADF UI- Using New DVT Component Picto Chart in ADF 12.2.1.1

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Couple of weeks ago Oracle released new version of ADF & Jdeveloper i.e. 12.2.1.1
This release comes with many new features and data visualization components, one of them is Picto Chart

DVT Component Picto Chart is used to visualize pictorial presentation of Numbers and it uses a count attribute to present chart portion, If you need to show different types of information in picto chart then more than one count attribute can be used

Get selected Tag value from dvt:tagCloud component using custom selection listener in ADF 12.2.1.1

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Previously I have posted about using new DVT component TagCloud to design better UI (Showing TagCloud from ViewObject data) and this post is about getting selected tag value of TagCloud component

To enable selection in TagCloud component first thing is to set selectionMode property single, after that we can create a custom selection listener in managed bean to get selected row 

Show chart for every row of ViewObject using af:iterator in ADF Faces

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This post is about another use of af:iterator component, When we show Employees ViewObject data as a chart then all Employees appears in a single chart but if requirement is to show separate chart for each department ;) See how can we do it

Here I am using Departments and Employees table of HR Schema, Prepare model using both tables, Default view link is created between departments and employees view object (using department Id)

ADF UI- Using New DVT Component Tag Cloud in ADF 12.2.1.1

In new relaese of Jdeveloper and ADF 12.2.1.1 many new data visualization components are introduced

Here I am talking about <dvt:tagCloud> , this component is used to represent textual data in form of tags. You must have seen tag cloud on many websites to show popular tags or patterns

So now with help of this Tag Cloud component we can create and show same type of UI. In this post I am showing how can we use tag cloud component in our ADF Application

Oracle Jdeveloper & ADF 12.2.1.1 is out (Minor release but lots of new features)

Hello Everyone

You'll be happy to know that new version of Jdeveloper and ADF is out - Jdeveloper 12.2.1.1
Though it looks like a minor version but there are lots of beauties added in this , lots of new componenet introduced , many bug fixed
JUnit is now bundled with Jdeveloper , you need not separately download extension

Add and delete records (Parent/Child) in POJO Based ADF TreeTable

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Previously I have posted about creating POJO based ADF TreeTable , Get Selected Record from POJO based TreeTable and Traverse POJO based TreeTable

Recently a developer asked me about adding and deleting records in POJO based TreeTable so here goes a new blog post

To add records in af:treeTable first we have to check that if user has selected any parent node then new record will be added under it and if there is no selection then new record will be added as parent node, This is the core concept of this post and all these posts uses same sample application and same 2-Level Tree

ADF Basics: Use transient attribute to show description of selected value in case of input and combo Lov

In ADF often We apply LOV on a ID attribute to show it's Description to user, This works good in case of choice list (selectOneChoice) but if we use Input Text with List of Values (<af:inputListOfValues>) or Combo Box with List of Values (<af:inputComboboxListOfValues>) then after selection ID appears on page instead of  Description like this

So to avoid this we apply LOV on a transient attribute that shows Description and sets ID value DB attribute, See how to implement this

Open af:inputListOfValues popup by calling JavaScript programmatically

af:inputListOfValues provides option to open Lov values in a popup and allow user to search, We can open this popup by clicking on magnifying glass icon

Recently I have seen a thread on OTN forum where user wants to open lov popup on a button click after checking some conditions and also found a post by Frank Nimphius Where he used javascript to open Lov popup on double click of mouse.
So guess what I have done ? ;)
Just called that javascript fucntion programmatically on button click

Navigate to another page on value change event of ADF input component

Recently I have seen a thread on OTN forum in that user want to navigate from one page to another on valueChangeListener of input component.

First Method-
This is a simple piece of code to perform navigation to specific page , Use it in ValueChangeListener directly

 FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
 facesContext.getApplication().getNavigationHandler().handleNavigation(facesContext, null, "controlFlowName");

Second Method-
ValueChangeListener fires when value of input component changes but it is not meant for navigation, For navigation we use buttons and links with Action property
But for this requirement we have to be a bit tricky, We can queue button Action on value change listener of inputText to navigate to another page
Now first value change listener will be executed and then it'll queue button action to execute and as final outcome user will be able to navigate

Traverse POJO based ADF treeTable, Get Child nodes of selected parent

Previosuly I have posted about populating af:treeTable programmatically and getting selected records from POJO based treeTable

This post is next in that series and here I am extending same sample application that show a tree of Seasons and it's characters
First we will see How to traverse a POJO based treeTable (Iterate through all nodes of treeTable)

Basic idea is to get treeTable Collection Model and iterate over it to get all nodes value, To get CollectionModel created treeTable component binding in managed bean

How to queue SelectionEvent programmatically, Call af:table Selection Listener programmatically

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Hope you all are doing good :) 

Previously I have posted about defining custom selection listener for af:table and perform desired operation on selection event of table row

Selection Listener is fired when server receives a selection event from client means whenever user selects a row in table (Selection Event) then server process that event and execute selection listener defined in managed bean

And this post is about creating selection event programmatically without user interaction with table.

In ADF we can queue ActionEvent , ValueChangeEvent and in same manner we can create and queue SelectionEvent programmatically