Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

Part I Introduction

1 Developer's Quick Start Guide

• 1.1 WebCenter Portal Developer's FAQ
• 1.2 Installing Required Software
• 1.3 Preparing for Team Development
• 1.4 Creating a New WebCenter Portal Application
• 1.5 Preparing for Iterative Development
  • 1.5.1 What Is Iterative Development?
  • 1.5.2 How Does Iterative Development Work?
  • 1.5.3 Enabling Iterative Development
  • 1.5.4 Turning Off Iterative Development
• 1.6 Creating Application Resource Connections
  • 1.6.1 Where Are Connections Located?
  • 1.6.2 How Do I Access the Connection Wizards?
  • 1.6.3 Where Can I Learn More About Connections?
• 1.7 Planning the Portal Layout
• 1.8 Working with Skins
• 1.9 Preparing for Round-Trip Development
• 1.10 What Configuration Files Should I Know About?
  • 1.10.1 The WebCenter Portal Application Template Default web.xml File
  • 1.10.2 The WebCenter Portal Application Template Default faces-config.xml File
  • 1.10.3 The WebCenter Application Template Default trinidad-config.xml File
  • 1.10.4 The WebCenter Application Template Default adfc-config.xml File
• 1.11 Installing Database Schemas

2 Understanding Oracle WebCenter

• 2.1 What Is Oracle WebCenter?
• 2.2 Introducing the Oracle WebCenter Portal Framework
• 2.3 What WebCenter Features Can I Add to a Portal?
  • 2.3.1 Portlets and Pagelets for Accessing Remote Applications and Services
    • 2.3.1.1 What Are Portlets?
    • 2.3.1.2 What Are Pagelets?
  • 2.3.2 Oracle Composer Allows User Customization
  • 2.3.3 Content Integration with Supported Content Repositories
  • 2.3.4 Search Framework
  • 2.3.5 Resource Catalogs Help Organize the Development Experience
  • 2.3.6 Application Security
• 2.4 Introducing Oracle WebCenter Services
  • 2.4.1 WebCenter Services and the REST APIs
• 2.5 Introducing Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF)
  • 2.5.1 What Is Oracle ADF?
  • 2.5.2 Why Is Oracle ADF Important for WebCenter Portal Developers?
  • 2.5.3 What Does Oracle ADF Technology Include?
• 2.6 Introducing Oracle JDeveloper and the WebCenter Extension
• 2.7 Understanding the Application Life Cycle
• 2.8 Design Questions to Consider Before You Start
  • 2.8.1 User Considerations
  • 2.8.2 Site Administrator Considerations
  • 2.8.3 Developer Considerations
• 2.9 Overview of WebCenter Accessibility Features
  • 2.9.1 Generating Accessible HTML
  • 2.9.2 Accessibility Features at Runtime
  • 2.9.3 Accessibility Considerations for Portlets

3 Preparing Your Development Environment

• 3.1 Installing Oracle JDeveloper
• 3.2 Installing the WebCenter Extension Bundle
• 3.3 Working with the Integrated WebLogic Server
  • 3.3.1 How to Start and Stop Integrated WLS
  • 3.3.2 What You May Need to Know About Integrated WLS
  • 3.3.3 The WebCenter Preconfigured Server Readme File
  • 3.3.4 What You May Need to Know About Preconfigured Portlet Producers
    • 3.3.4.1 OmniPortlet and Web Clipping
    • 3.3.4.2 The WSRP Sample Portlet Producers and Portlets
    • 3.3.4.3 The PDK-Java Sample Portlet Producer and Portlets
• 3.4 Installing Database Schemas
  • 3.4.1 Installing Schemas With RCU
  • 3.4.2 Installing the WebCenter Schema with a SQL Script

4 Working Productively in Teams

• 4.1 Enabling Source Control on WebCenter Portal Applications
  • 4.1.1 Creating a Subversion Repository
  • 4.1.2 Understanding Oracle Team Productivity Center
• 4.2 Understanding WebCenter Portal Application Files Affected by Developers
  • 4.2.1 Files Associated With Common Objects
  • 4.2.2 Developer Actions Affecting Metadata Files
• 4.3 Implementing Common Requirements One Time
• 4.4 Portlet Producer Considerations
  • 4.4.1 Portlet Producer Connections
  • 4.4.2 Portlet Producer Name Clashes
  • 4.4.3 Combining Portlets from Different Portlet Producers

5 Creating WebCenter Applications

• 5.1 What Are WebCenter Application Templates?
• 5.2 Creating a WebCenter Portal Application and Adding Pages
  • 5.2.1 How to Create a WebCenter Portal Application
  • 5.2.2 Adding Pages to the Portal
• 5.3 Understanding the PortalWebAssets Project
  • 5.3.1 Introduction
  • 5.3.2 Decoupling the Static Application Resources Project
  • 5.3.3 Deployment Options
  • 5.3.4 Using EL to Manage Static Resources
    • 5.3.4.1 Defining a Base URL Preference
    • 5.3.4.2 Mapping URLs Dynamically
• 5.4 Creating a Portlet Producer Application
  • 5.4.1 How to Create a Portlet Application Using a Template
  • 5.4.2 What Happens When You Use a Portlet Producer Application Template
• 5.5 How Is Portal Application Security Configured by Default?

6 Advanced Configuration Options

• 6.1 Manually Configuring a WebCenter Application With Technology Scopes
  • 6.1.1 What are Technology Scopes?
  • 6.1.2 Adding and Removing Technology Scopes
  • 6.1.3 What Are the Default Technology Scopes for a Portal Application?
  • 6.1.4 Which Technology Scopes Are Portal Application-Specific?
  • 6.1.5 Can I Create a Portal Application by Adding the Portal Framework Technology Scope Later?
  • 6.1.6 Migrating a WebCenter PS2 or Earlier Application to a WebCenter Portal Application
• 6.2 Extending Non-WebCenter Applications to Include WebCenter Capabilities
• 6.3 Creating a Project by Importing a WAR File

7 Preparing Your Application for Oracle WebCenter Services

• 7.1 Understanding WebCenter Services Technologies
  • 7.1.1 Understanding WebCenter Horizontal Services
  • 7.1.2 Understanding WebCenter APIs
  • 7.1.3 Using WebCenter Data Controls
• 7.2 Preparing Your WebCenter Portal Application to Consume Services
  • 7.2.1 How to Prepare Your Application to Consume Services
    • 7.2.1.1 Implementing Security for Services
    • 7.2.1.2 Setting Up SSL-Protected Connections for Services
  • 7.2.2 Setting Up a Database Connection
    • 7.2.2.1 Associating Existing Database Connections
  • 7.2.3 Setting Up an External Application Connection
• 7.3 Extending Your Application with Custom Components
  • 7.3.1 Introducing the Resource Action Handling Framework
  • 7.3.2 Registering a Resource Viewer
  • 7.3.3 Creating a Resource Authorizer Class
  • 7.3.4 Specifying the View Handler and Navigation Behavior
• 7.4 Configuring General Settings for Your Services
  • 7.4.1 Building a Preferences User Interface
  • 7.4.2 Using General Settings to Specify the User's Locale

Part II Setting Up Your Portal Structure

8 Understanding WebCenter Portal Applications

• 8.1 What is a Portal?
• 8.2 What is the WebCenter Portal Framework?
  • 8.2.1 How Do I Add Portal Framework to a Project?
  • 8.2.2 What Features Does the Portal Framework Provide?
• 8.3 What is the Portal Life Cycle?
• 8.4 Creating a WebCenter Portal Application
• 8.5 Understanding the Features of a Portal Application
  • 8.5.1 Understanding Pages, Page Templates, and the Portal Page Hierarchy
  • 8.5.2 Securing Your Portal Pages
  • 8.5.3 Understanding the Navigation Model and the Navigation Registry
  • 8.5.4 Understanding Resource Catalogs and Catalog Registries
  • 8.5.5 Other Design Time Folders
  • 8.5.6 Tips for More Advanced Development Use Cases
• 8.6 Developing Your Portal's Look and Feel
• 8.7 Changing Default Portal Preferences
  • 8.7.1 What Are the Default Portal Preferences?
  • 8.7.2 How to Change the Default Preferences at Design Time
• 8.8 Using Iterative and Round Trip Development Techniques
• 8.9 What is the Application Sources Folder?
• 8.10 Running and Testing a Portal
• 8.11 WebCenter Portals at Runtime
  • 8.11.1 Preserving Runtime Customizations on the Integrated WebLogic Server
  • 8.11.2 Runtime WebCenter Portal Administration Console
  • 8.11.3 How Security Settings Affect the Runtime Portal?
  • 8.11.4 Runtime Editing of Portal Resources
• 8.12 How are WebCenter Portal Files Organized?
  • 8.12.1 Understanding the Organization of a WebCenter Portal Application
    • 8.12.1.1 How is a Portal Application Organized?
    • 8.12.1.2 Why Is a Portal Application Organized the Way It Is?
  • 8.12.2 Viewing Your Portal Project on the Filesystem
  • 8.12.3 Viewing Your Portal Project in JDeveloper
• 8.13 Changing the Default Home Page
  • 8.13.1 Understanding How the Home Page is Specified
  • 8.13.2 How to Change the Default Home Page
  • 8.13.3 How is the Default Index Page Specified?
• 8.14 Basic Portal Development Tasks

9 Understanding the Portal Life Cycle

• 9.1 What is the WebCenter Portal Life Cycle?
• 9.2 What Are the Major Life Cycle Tasks?
  • 9.2.1 One-Time Setup Tasks
  • 9.2.2 Development Environment Tasks
  • 9.2.3 Nightly Build Environment Tasks
  • 9.2.4 Testing Environment Tasks
  • 9.2.5 Stage Environment Tasks
  • 9.2.6 Production Environment Tasks
• 9.3 Who Participates in the Portal Life Cycle?
• 9.4 Understanding the Build and Test Environments
• 9.5 Understanding the Staging and Production Environments
  • 9.5.1 Provisioning the Staging Environment
  • 9.5.2 Adding Content to the Staging Environment
  • 9.5.3 Moving the Portal from Staging to Production
• 9.6 Tools for Managing the Life Cycle
• 9.7 Configuring a Nightly Build Script
• 9.8 Setting Up a Staging or Production Environment for the First Time
• 9.9 Moving a WebCenter Portal Application to an Existing Environment
• 9.10 Deploying to Managed Servers
• 9.11 Deploying and Configuring the Application on Targeted Servers
  • 9.11.1 Introduction
  • 9.11.2 Using the Deploy and Configure Script
• 9.12 Building and Deploying WebCenter Personalization Service Files
  • 9.12.1 Building the WCPS MAR File
  • 9.12.2 Deploying WCPS Files to a Server
  • 9.12.3 Deploying WCPS Files to an Archive File
  • 9.12.4 Importing and Exporting MAR Files
• 9.13 Using the Propagation Tool to Propagate From Staging to Production
  • 9.13.1 Introduction to the Propagation Tool
  • 9.13.2 Configuring the Propagation Tool
    • 9.13.2.1 Configuring the URL Connection With Oracle Enterprise Manager
    • 9.13.2.2 Configuring the URL Connection with WLST
  • 9.13.3 Propagating Portal Metadata
  • 9.13.4 Propagating WCPS Files
• 9.14 Propagating UCM Content
• 9.15 Managing Security Through the Life Cycle
  • 9.15.1 Migrating Security Policies for First-Time Deployment
  • 9.15.2 Migrating Security Policies On Redeployment
  • 9.15.3 Migrating Credentials for First-Time Deployment
  • 9.15.4 Migrating Credentials On Redeployment
• 9.16 Migrating Portlet Preferences

10 Building a Navigation Model for Your Portal

• 10.1 Introduction to Navigation Models
• 10.2 Creating a Navigation Model
• 10.3 Adding Resources to a Navigation Model
  • 10.3.1 How to Drag and Drop a Resource onto a Navigation Model
  • 10.3.2 How to Add a Content Item to a Navigation Model
  • 10.3.3 How to Add Content Based on the Results of a Query to a Navigation Model
  • 10.3.4 How to Add a Page, Portlet, Task Flow, External Application, or Web Page to a Navigation Model
  • 10.3.5 How to Add a Page Hierarchy to a Navigation Model
  • 10.3.6 How to Embed Another Navigation Model Within a Navigation Model
  • 10.3.7 How to Extend Navigation Model Data
    • 10.3.7.1 How to Add a Link to a Custom Resource
    • 10.3.7.2 How to Add a Component to a Navigation Model
    • 10.3.7.3 How to Add a Custom Folder to a Navigation Model
    • 10.3.7.4 How to Add a Custom Content Provider to a Navigation Model
  • 10.3.8 How to Organize Resources in a Navigation Model
  • 10.3.9 How to Set Display Options for a Resource
• 10.4 Selecting the Default Navigation Model
• 10.5 Editing the Navigation Renderer
• 10.6 Setting the REDIRECT_OPTIONS Context Parameter
• 10.7 Enabling Runtime Administration of Navigation Models
  • 10.7.1 How to Edit the Navigation Registry File
  • 10.7.2 How to Enable Further Development of Deployed Navigation Models
    • 10.7.2.1 Importing a Navigation Model
    • 10.7.2.2 Exporting a Navigation Model
• 10.8 Working with WebCenter Spaces Navigation Models

11 Designing the Look and Feel of Your Portal

• 11.1 Introduction to Page Templates and Styles
  • 11.1.1 Page Templates
  • 11.1.2 Page Styles
  • 11.1.3 Mashup Styles
  • 11.1.4 Content Presenter Display Templates
• 11.2 Working with Page Templates
  • 11.2.1 Introduction to the WebCenter Portal Application Seeded Page Templates
  • 11.2.2 How to Create a Page Template
  • 11.2.3 What You Should Know About Creating Page Templates for WebCenter Portal Applications
  • 11.2.4 Enabling Runtime Switching of Page Templates
  • 11.2.5 How to Edit a Page Template
  • 11.2.6 How to Delete a Page Template
  • 11.2.7 How to Enable Runtime Administration of a Page Template
  • 11.2.8 How to Enable Further Development of Deployed Page Templates
    • 11.2.8.1 Importing a Page Template
    • 11.2.8.2 Exporting a Page Template
  • 11.2.9 How to Create and Manage WebCenter Spaces Page Templates
• 11.3 Working with Page Styles
  • 11.3.1 How to Create a Page Style
  • 11.3.2 How to Enable Runtime Administration of a Page Style
  • 11.3.3 How to Enable Further Development of Deployed Page Styles
    • 11.3.3.1 Importing a Page Style
    • 11.3.3.2 Exporting a Page Style
  • 11.3.4 How to Create and Manage WebCenter Spaces Page Styles
• 11.4 Working with Mashup Styles
  • 11.4.1 How to Create a Mashup Style
  • 11.4.2 How to Enable Runtime Administration of Mashup Styles
  • 11.4.3 How to Enable Further Development of Mashup Styles in a Deployed Application
    • 11.4.3.1 Importing Mashup Styles
    • 11.4.3.2 Exporting Mashup Styles
  • 11.4.4 How to Create and Manage WebCenter Spaces Mashup Styles

12 Adding Resources to Your Portal

• 12.1 Adding Pages to Your Portal
• 12.2 Adding Service Task Flows to Your Portal
• 12.3 Adding Custom Task Flows to Your Portal
• 12.4 Adding Content from Oracle Content Server to Your Portal
• 12.5 Adding Portlets to Your Portal
• 12.6 Adding Pagelets to Your Portal
• 12.7 Adding External Applications to Your Portal
• 12.8 Adding Data Controls to Your Portal

13 Visualizing Your Portal Navigation

• 13.1 Introduction to Navigation Visualization
• 13.2 Adding Built-in Navigation Task Flows to a Page Template
  • 13.2.1 How to Add a Navigation Task Flow to a Page Template
  • 13.2.2 Navigation Task Flow Parameters
  • 13.2.3 What You May Need to Know About Navigation Task Flow Style Classes
• 13.3 Programmatically Adding Navigation to a Page Template
  • 13.3.1 Using the Navigation Expression Language APIs
    • 13.3.1.1 Introduction to the Navigation Context
    • 13.3.1.2 Introduction to the Navigation Model
    • 13.3.1.3 Introduction to the Navigation Resource
    • 13.3.1.4 How to Render the Navigation Model as a List of Links
    • 13.3.1.5 How to Render the Navigation Model as a Tree
    • 13.3.1.6 How to Render the Navigation Model as a Three-Level Menu
    • 13.3.1.7 How to Render the Navigation Model as Breadcrumbs
    • 13.3.1.8 How to Render Master-Detail Navigation
  • 13.3.2 Using the Navigation REST APIs

14 Creating and Managing Skins

• 14.1 Overview of Skins
• 14.2 Creating a Skin in JDeveloper
  • 14.2.1 What You Should Know About Skin Creation
  • 14.2.2 How to Create a CSS File
  • 14.2.3 How to Define Skin Selectors
• 14.3 Editing portal-skin.css
  • 14.3.1 What You Should Know About portal-skin.css
  • 14.3.2 How to Edit portal-skin.css
• 14.4 Enabling Runtime Administration of Skins
  • 14.4.1 What You Should Know About Enabling Runtime Administration of Skins
  • 14.4.2 How to Enable Runtime Administration of a Skin
  • 14.4.3 How to Enable Further Development of Deployed Skins
    • 14.4.3.1 Importing a Skin
    • 14.4.3.2 Exporting a Skin
  • 14.4.4 Creating a Skin in JDeveloper and Making it Available at Runtime
  • 14.4.5 How to Create and Manage Skins at Runtime
• 14.5 Applying Skins to WebCenter Portal Applications
  • 14.5.1 Applying a Skin at Design Time
  • 14.5.2 Applying a Skin at Runtime
• 14.6 How to Create and Manage WebCenter Spaces Skins
• 14.7 Deploying a Skin as a Separate Shared Library
  • 14.7.1 About Skin Sharing
  • 14.7.2 How to Deploy a Skin as a Separate Shared Library
• 14.8 Conditionally Changing Skins for Users
• 14.9 Troubleshooting Problems with Skins
• 14.10 Files Relates to Skins
  • 14.10.1 adf-config.xml
  • 14.10.2 trinidad-config.xml
  • 14.10.3 trinidad-skins.xml

15 Creating and Managing Resource Catalogs

• 15.1 Overview of Resource Catalog
• 15.2 Creating a Custom Resource Catalog
  • 15.2.1 How to Create a Custom Resource Catalog
  • 15.2.2 How to Define Connections to Resources
  • 15.2.3 How to Manage Content in the Resource Catalog
    • 15.2.3.1 Adding a Folder
    • 15.2.3.2 Adding a Link
    • 15.2.3.3 Adding a Resource Catalog
    • 15.2.3.4 Adding a Component
    • 15.2.3.5 Adding a Custom Folder
    • 15.2.3.6 Adding a Custom Content Provider
    • 15.2.3.7 Dragging and Dropping a Resource into the Catalog
    • 15.2.3.8 Editing a Resource
    • 15.2.3.9 Deleting a Resource
    • 15.2.3.10 Rearranging Resources in the Catalog
  • 15.2.4 How to Expose Data Controls Created at Design Time
  • 15.2.5 How to Expose Data Controls Created at Runtime
  • 15.2.6 How to Control Visibility of Portlets in the Resource Catalog
  • 15.2.7 How to Configure the Default Resource Catalog for an Application or Page
  • 15.2.8 What You May Need to Know When Defining a Resource Catalog
  • 15.2.9 How to Define Task Flow Parameters and Attributes of the Enclosing Show Detail Frames for Task Flows
• 15.3 Managing a Resource Catalog and Enabling Runtime Administration
  • 15.3.1 Managing Resource Manager Entries
  • 15.3.2 Enabling Further Development of Deployed Resource Catalogs
    • 15.3.2.1 Exporting a Resource Catalog
    • 15.3.2.2 Importing a Resource Catalog
  • 15.3.3 Working with WebCenter Spaces Resource Catalogs
• 15.4 Filtering Items in the Resource Catalog
  • 15.4.1 Resource-Level Filtering
  • 15.4.2 Catalog-Level Filtering
• 15.5 Configuring Multiple Resource Catalogs
  • 15.5.1 How to Configure Multiple Resource Catalogs
  • 15.5.2 What Happens at Runtime
• 15.6 Troubleshooting Problems with the Resource Catalog

16 Adding and Using the Resource Manager

• 16.1 Introduction to Runtime Resource Management
• 16.2 Working with Portal Resources in JDeveloper
  • 16.2.1 How to Add a Resource to the Resource Manager
  • 16.2.2 How to Update Portal Resource Properties
  • 16.2.3 How to Remove a Resource from the Resource Manager
• 16.3 Enabling Runtime Administration of Your Portal
  • 16.3.1 How to Add the Resource Manager Task Flow
  • 16.3.2 How to Use the Resource Manager at Runtime
    • 16.3.2.1 Accessing the Resource Manager
    • 16.3.2.2 Creating a Resource
    • 16.3.2.3 Editing a Resource
    • 16.3.2.4 Copying a Resource
    • 16.3.2.5 Setting Security for a Resource
    • 16.3.2.6 Deleting a Resource
    • 16.3.2.7 Showing or Hiding a Resource
    • 16.3.2.8 Editing the Source Code of a Resource
    • 16.3.2.9 Setting Properties on a Resource
    • 16.3.2.10 Previewing a Resource
• 16.4 Enabling Round-Trip Development of Resources
  • 16.4.1 What You Should Know About Round-Trip Development of WebCenter Spaces Resources
  • 16.4.2 How to Download a Resource Using the Resource Manager
  • 16.4.3 How to Import a Portal Resource into JDeveloper
  • 16.4.4 How to Export a Portal Resource from JDeveloper
  • 16.4.5 How to Upload a Resource Using the Resource Manager

Part III Customizing Your Application and Extending Customization Options

17 Introduction to Oracle Composer

• 17.1 Application and User Customizations
• 17.2 View and Edit Modes of a Page
• 17.3 Personalizing Capabilities in Page View Mode
  • 17.3.1 Rearrange Components
  • 17.3.2 Change the Layout
  • 17.3.3 Expand and Collapse Components
• 17.4 Editing Capabilities in Design View in Page Edit Mode
  • 17.4.1 Add Content
    • 17.4.1.1 Add Box Components Adjacent to Existing Ones
    • 17.4.1.2 Add a Tab Set or a Tab to a Box Component
  • 17.4.2 Rearrange Page Content
  • 17.4.3 Edit Component Properties and Parameters
  • 17.4.4 Reset and Override Component Properties in the Current Layer
  • 17.4.5 Edit Resource Strings
  • 17.4.6 Show or Hide Components
  • 17.4.7 Delete Components
  • 17.4.8 Change the Layout
  • 17.4.9 Edit Page Properties
  • 17.4.10 Wire Components to Page Parameters
  • 17.4.11 Reset Page
  • 17.4.12 Reset Application Customizations on Detecting Errors
  • 17.4.13 Create Labels On Saving Application Customizations
  • 17.4.14 Manage Application Customizations
• 17.5 Editing Capabilities in Source View in Page Edit Mode
  • 17.5.1 Rearrange Page Content Using Cut and Paste Options
  • 17.5.2 Edit Content Inside a Task Flow
    • 17.5.2.1 Reset Task Flow
  • 17.5.3 Edit Content Inside a Declarative Component
  • 17.5.4 Show or Hide Components
• 17.6 Oracle Composer Components
  • 17.6.1 Page Customizable
  • 17.6.2 Change Mode Link and Change Mode Button
  • 17.6.3 Panel Customizable
  • 17.6.4 Show Detail Frame
  • 17.6.5 Layout Customizable
• 17.7 Security and Oracle Composer
  • 17.7.1 Page Security
  • 17.7.2 Task Flow Security
  • 17.7.3 MDS Customization Restrictions
  • 17.7.4 Component Action-Level Security

18 Enabling Runtime Creation and Management of Pages

• 18.1 Introduction to Page Creation and Management
• 18.2 Creating Pages and Task Flows
  • 18.2.1 How to Create Pages
    • 18.2.1.1 How to Add the Page - Create New Task Flow
    • 18.2.1.2 Setting Security for the Page Service
    • 18.2.1.3 How to Create Pages at Runtime
    • 18.2.1.4 Structure of Pages Created at Runtime
    • 18.2.1.5 How to Access Pages Created at Runtime
• 18.3 Defining Values for the Page - Create New Task Flow Parameters
  • 18.3.1 How to Access Page - Create New Task Flow Parameters
  • 18.3.2 Setting Scope in a Page - Create New Task Flow
  • 18.3.3 Setting an Outcome Parameter
  • 18.3.4 Specifying Styles
    • 18.3.4.1 Out-of-the-Box Styles
    • 18.3.4.2 Custom Styles
  • 18.3.5 Specify an ADF Template
  • 18.3.6 Showing a Command Link
  • 18.3.7 Displaying an Image
  • 18.3.8 Customizing the Label
• 18.4 How to Create Task Flow View Pages
• 18.5 Managing Pages
  • 18.5.1 Using the Page Service Data Control to Manage Pages
  • 18.5.2 Using the Page Service APIs to Manage Pages and Task Flows
• 18.6 Introduction to Custom Styles and Templates
  • 18.6.1 How to Create Templates for Pages Created at Runtime
    • 18.6.1.1 How to Create a Page or Page Fragment Style
    • 18.6.1.2 How to Edit Create Page Dialog Styles
  • 18.6.2 Using ADF Templates
    • 18.6.2.1 How to Specify the ADF Template Name Using the Task Flow Parameter
    • 18.6.2.2 How to Specify the ADF Template Name Using API Parameters
  • 18.6.3 Creating Styles for the Create Page Dialog
    • 18.6.3.1 How to Create a Style for the Create Page Dialog
    • 18.6.3.2 How to Reference a New Style from the Page - Create New Task Flow
• 18.7 Customizing Page Service Views
  • 18.7.1 Rendering Pages with ADF Faces Components
    • 18.7.1.1 Rendering Pages as Tabs Using ADF Faces Components
    • 18.7.1.2 Rendering Pages as Links Using ADF Faces Components
    • 18.7.1.3 Rendering Pages as Image Links Using ADF Faces Components
  • 18.7.2 Managing User Security on Pages and Task Flows
• 18.8 Advanced Information for the Page Service
  • 18.8.1 Using the Page Service Java APIs
    • 18.8.1.1 Configuration Settings Required for Using Page Service APIs
    • 18.8.1.2 Introduction to the Page Service APIs
    • 18.8.1.3 How to Set up Your Application to Use the Page Service APIs
    • 18.8.1.4 Example: How to Create a Page
  • 18.8.2 Using the Page Service Data Control
    • 18.8.2.1 How to Add the Page Service Data Control
    • 18.8.2.2 How to View, Edit, and Delete Pages at Runtime
• 18.9 Page Service Samples

19 Enabling Runtime Editing of Pages Using Oracle Composer

• 19.1 Designing Editable Pages Using Oracle Composer Components
  • 19.1.1 How to Create a Customizable Page
  • 19.1.2 How to Enable Runtime Customization Using a Page Customizable
  • 19.1.3 How to Enable Switching Between Page Modes Using a Change Mode Link or Change Mode Button
  • 19.1.4 How to Define Editable Areas of a Page Using Panel Customizable Components
  • 19.1.5 How to Enable Layout Customization for a Page Using a Layout Customizable
  • 19.1.6 How to Enable Component Customization Using Show Detail Frame Components
  • 19.1.7 How to Create a Page Template for Creating Customizable Pages
  • 19.1.8 How to Enable Customization in a Populated Page
  • 19.1.9 What Happens When You Add Oracle Composer Components
  • 19.1.10 What Happens at Runtime
  • 19.1.11 What You May Need to Know When Designing Editable Pages
• 19.2 Designing Editable Pages Using Oracle Composer Components: Example
• 19.3 Populating Pages with Content
  • 19.3.1 What You May Need to Know When Adding Content to the Page
    • 19.3.1.1 Considerations for Adding Task Flows
• 19.4 Troubleshooting Oracle Composer Problems

20 Extending Runtime Editing Capabilities Using Oracle Composer

• 20.1 Overview of Extensibility Options
  • 20.1.1 Oracle Composer Add-Ons
  • 20.1.2 Oracle Composer Custom Property Panels
  • 20.1.3 Oracle Composer Events Handlers
  • 20.1.4 Drop Handlers
  • 20.1.5 Component Property Filters
  • 20.1.6 Customization Manager
  • 20.1.7 Oracle Composer Toolbar Customization
  • 20.1.8 Configuration Files
• 20.2 Creating Oracle Composer Add-Ons
  • 20.2.1 How to Create and Register Add-Ons
    • 20.2.1.1 Creating an Add-On Task Flow
    • 20.2.1.2 Registering Add-Ons with Oracle Composer
    • 20.2.1.3 Registering Add-Ons in adf-config.xml
  • 20.2.2 What Happens at Runtime
  • 20.2.3 How to Exclude Oracle Composer Default Add-Ons
  • 20.2.4 How to Display the Customization Manager Add-On
  • 20.2.5 How to Selectively Display Add-Ons
• 20.3 Creating Custom Property Panels
  • 20.3.1 How to Create and Register Custom Property Panels
    • 20.3.1.1 Creating a Custom Property Panel
    • 20.3.1.2 Registering a Custom Property Panel for a Component
    • 20.3.1.3 Registering a Custom Property Panel for a Task Flow
  • 20.3.2 What Happens at Runtime
  • 20.3.3 How to Exclude Default Property Panels
  • 20.3.4 How to Override Default Property Panels
  • 20.3.5 How to Selectively Render Property Panels
  • 20.3.6 How to Display Properties and Parameters in a Custom Property Panel
• 20.4 Extending the Expression Builder
  • 20.4.1 How to Extend the Expression Builder
  • 20.4.2 What Happens at Runtime
• 20.5 Configuring Custom LOVs or Pickers for Task Flow Parameters
  • 20.5.1 How to Configure an LOV
    • 20.5.1.1 Configuring a Static LOV
    • 20.5.1.2 Configuring a Dynamic LOV
    • 20.5.1.3 Configuring a Picker
    • 20.5.1.4 Configuring an LOV from a Global List
  • 20.5.2 What Happens at Runtime
• 20.6 Configuring Event Handlers for Oracle Composer UI Events
  • 20.6.1 How to Create and Register Handlers for Composer UI Events
    • 20.6.1.1 UI Events that Support Event Handler Registration
    • 20.6.1.2 Creating a Save Event Handler: Example
    • 20.6.1.3 Registering an Event Handler with Oracle Composer
  • 20.6.2 What Happens When You Create and Register Event Handlers
  • 20.6.3 Performing Additional Oracle Composer Event Handler Configurations
• 20.7 Configuring Drop Handlers in the Resource Catalog
  • 20.7.1 How to Create and Register Java Drop Handlers
    • 20.7.1.1 Creating a Drop Handler
    • 20.7.1.2 Registering a Drop Handler with Oracle Composer
    • 20.7.1.3 Adding an XML Component to the Resource Catalog
  • 20.7.2 What Happens at Runtime
• 20.8 Defining Property Filters
  • 20.8.1 How to Define Property Filters
  • 20.8.2 What Happens at Runtime
  • 20.8.3 How to Remove Property Filters
• 20.9 Enabling Parameter Support on the Customization Manager Task Flow
  • 20.9.1 How to Set the Customization Manager Task Flow Parameters
  • 20.9.2 What Happens When You Enable Parameter Support
• 20.10 Customizing the Oracle Composer Toolbar
  • 20.10.1 How to Rearrange or Hide Toolbar Elements
  • 20.10.2 What Happens at Runtime
  • 20.10.3 How to Add New Sections to the Toolbar
  • 20.10.4 How to Override a Toolbar Section to Display Custom Content
• 20.11 Troubleshooting Problems with Oracle Composer Extensibility Features

21 Performing Advanced Oracle Composer Configurations

• 21.1 Enabling Custom Actions on a Show Detail Frame Component by Using Facets
• 21.2 Enabling Custom Actions on a Show Detail Frame Component By Using Facets: Example
  • 21.2.1 How to Create an ADF Task Flow
  • 21.2.2 How to Include an Additional Actions Facet
  • 21.2.3 How to Create a Redirection Page
  • 21.2.4 How to Create Navigation Rules Between Pages
  • 21.2.5 What Happens at Runtime
• 21.3 Enabling Custom Actions on a Task Flow
  • 21.3.1 How to Enable Custom Actions Directly on a Task Flow
  • 21.3.2 How to Enable Custom Actions on a Show Detail Frame Enclosing a Task Flow
    • 21.3.2.1 Defining Custom Actions at the Instance Level
    • 21.3.2.2 Defining Custom Actions at the Global Level
    • 21.3.2.3 Configuring Custom Actions that Display Task Flow Views in a Separate Browser Window
  • 21.3.3 What Happens at Runtime
  • 21.3.4 How to Enable Custom Actions On a Show Detail Frame Enclosing a Task Flow: Example
• 21.4 Enabling Custom Actions that Display on Task Flows in the Component Navigator
  • 21.4.1 How to Configure Custom Actions in the Component Navigator
    • 21.4.1.1 Defining the Logic for the Custom Action
    • 21.4.1.2 Creating a JSPX Page Containing the Custom Action
    • 21.4.1.3 Calling the JSPX Page from the Application Page Containing the Task Flow
  • 21.4.2 What Happens at Runtime
• 21.5 Configuring a Keyboard Shortcut to Access Oracle Composer
  • 21.5.1 How to Enable Linkless Entry Into Edit Mode
  • 21.5.2 How to Configure an Event Handler for the Shortcut Key
  • 21.5.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 21.6 Creating Event-Enabled Task Flows
• 21.7 Configuring an Application Page to Display in Source View by Default
  • 21.7.1 How to Configure an Application Page to Display in Source View by Default
  • 21.7.2 What Happens at Runtime
• 21.8 Disabling Source View for the Application
  • 21.8.1 How to Disable Source View
  • 21.8.2 What Happens at Runtime
• 21.9 Disabling Task Flow Zoom Capability
• 21.10 Applying Styles to Components
• 21.11 Configuring the Persistence Change Manager
  • 21.11.1 Overview of the Default Change Manager Configuration
  • 21.11.2 How to Configure ComposerChangeManager in Existing 11.1.1.1 Applications
    • 21.11.2.1 Updating CHANGE_PERSISTENCE Context Parameter in the web.xml File
    • 21.11.2.2 Adding Relevant Entries to the adf-config.xml File
• 21.12 Configuring Runtime Resource String Editing
  • 21.12.1 Overview of the Resource String Editor
  • 21.12.2 How to Enable the Resource String Editor in Your Application
  • 21.12.3 How to Configure the Override Bundle
  • 21.12.4 What Happens at Runtime
• 21.13 Troubleshooting Problems with Advanced Oracle Composer Configurations

22 Performing Oracle Composer-Specific MDS Configurations

• 22.1 Introduction to MDS
• 22.2 Using Oracle Composer Sandbox
  • 22.2.1 How to Enable Oracle Composer Sandbox Creation
    • 22.2.1.1 Updating Your Application's adf-config.xml File
    • 22.2.1.2 Updating Your Application's web.xml File
    • 22.2.1.3 Selecting a Database Store for Your Application
  • 22.2.2 What Happens at Runtime
  • 22.2.3 How to Disable Sandbox for an Application
  • 22.2.4 How to Destroy Stale Sandboxes
  • 22.2.5 How to Enable Application Sandbox Creation
  • 22.2.6 What Happens When You Enable Application Sandbox Creation
• 22.3 Adding Customization Layers to View and Edit Modes: Example
  • 22.3.1 How to Add Oracle Composer to a JSF Page
  • 22.3.2 How to Create a Custom SiteCC Tip Layer
  • 22.3.3 How to Create a Custom UserCC Tip Layer
  • 22.3.4 How to Implement the ComposerSessionOptionsFactory Class
  • 22.3.5 How to Register the Implementation with Oracle Composer
  • 22.3.6 How to Configure WebCenterComposerFilter
  • 22.3.7 How to Redirect the Servlet to Enable Switch Between MDS Customization Layers
    • 22.3.7.1 How to Create the AppNavigationUtils Class
    • 22.3.7.2 How to Create AppCloseHandler
    • 22.3.7.3 How to Register the AppCloseHandler
    • 22.3.7.4 How to Create AppModeBean
  • 22.3.8 What Happens at Runtime
• 22.4 Troubleshooting MDS-Related Problems with Oracle Composer

23 Modifying Default Security Behavior of Oracle Composer Components

• 23.1 Applying Component-Level Restrictions by Defining Customization Policies
  • 23.1.1 How to Define Type-Level Customization Policies
  • 23.1.2 How to Define Instance-Level Customization Policies
• 23.2 Applying a Component Instance-Level Customization Restriction By Using Security Roles: Example
  • 23.2.1 How to Configure ADF Security
  • 23.2.2 How to Define Roles and Grant Privileges in the jazn-data.xml File
  • 23.2.3 How to Customize the SessionOptions Object to Include Customization Policy
  • 23.2.4 How to Register the Implementation with Oracle Composer
  • 23.2.5 How to Configure WebCenterComposerFilter
  • 23.2.6 How to Apply an Instance-Level Customization Restriction
  • 23.2.7 What Happens at Runtime
• 23.3 Applying Tag-Level Security Using the customizationAllowed Attribute
  • 23.3.1 How to Enable Application Customization on an Image Component
  • 23.3.2 How to Restrict Customization on an Image Component
• 23.4 Applying Attribute-Level Security
  • 23.4.1 How to Define Change Persistence at the Component Level
  • 23.4.2 What Happens at Runtime
• 23.5 Applying Action-Level Restrictions on Panel Customizable and Show Detail Component Actions
  • 23.5.1 How to Add an enableSecurity Section to adf-config.xml
  • 23.5.2 Defining Security at the Actions Category Level
  • 23.5.3 Defining Security at the Actions Level
• 23.6 Applying Task Flow Restrictions
• 23.7 Overriding Oracle Composer's Default Security Policies
  • 23.7.1 How to Create a Custom Security Policy
  • 23.7.2 How to Register a Custom Policy with Oracle Composer
  • 23.7.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 23.8 Troubleshooting Problems with Oracle Composer Components Security

24 Customizing Task Flows

• 24.1 Preparing for Task Flow Customization
  • 24.1.1 Start JDeveloper in the Customization Developer Role
  • 24.1.2 Preparing a WebCenter Portal Application for Task Flow Customization
• 24.2 Customizing WebCenter Task Flows
  • 24.2.1 Use Case 1: WebCenter Spaces: Add a Link to the WebCenter Spaces Global Toolbar Task Flow
  • 24.2.2 Use Case 2: WebCenter Spaces: Remove Primary Tabs from the Local Toolbar Task Flow
  • 24.2.3 Use Case 3: Customize the Discussion Forums Task Flow
  • 24.2.4 Applying Task Flow Customizations to Deployed WebCenter Applications
    • 24.2.4.1 Removing Customizations from Deployed WebCenter Applications
• 24.3 Catalog of WebCenter Task Flows

Part IV Integrating and Publishing Content

25 Introduction to Integrating and Publishing Content

26 Configuring Content Repository Connections

• 26.1 Overview of Content Adapters
• 26.2 Configuring Content Repository Connections
  • 26.2.1 How to Create a Content Repository Connection Based on the Oracle Content Server Adapter
  • 26.2.2 How to Create a Content Repository Connection Based on the Oracle Portal Adapter
  • 26.2.3 How to Create a Content Repository Connection Based on the File System Adapter
  • 26.2.4 What Happens When You Create a Repository Connection
  • 26.2.5 What You May Need to Know When Creating a Repository Connection
    • 26.2.5.1 What You Should Know About Using Identity Propagation and External Application Authentication Methods
    • 26.2.5.2 What You Should Know About Oracle Portal
• 26.3 Editing Content Repository Connections
  • 26.3.1 How to Edit a Common Repository Connection
  • 26.3.2 How to Edit a WebCenter Portal Application-Specific Content Repository Connection
• 26.4 Using an Existing Repository Connection for a New WebCenter Portal Application

27 Configuring Content Data Controls for JCR Adapters

• 27.1 Overview of Content Data Controls
  • 27.1.1 The getItems Method
  • 27.1.2 The search Method
  • 27.1.3 The advancedSearch Method
  • 27.1.4 The getURI Method
  • 27.1.5 The getAttributes Method
• 27.2 Configuring Content Data Controls for JCR Adapters
  • 27.2.1 How to Configure a Content Repository Data Control
  • 27.2.2 What Happens When You Configure a Content Repository Data Control
• 27.3 Editing Content Repository Data Controls
• 27.4 Securing a Content Repository Data Control
• 27.5 Integrating Content Using Content Data Controls
  • 27.5.1 How to Publish Content As Links
    • 27.5.1.1 Publishing Content As a Textual Link
    • 27.5.1.2 Creating a Clickable Image to Link to a Document
  • 27.5.2 What Happens at Runtime
  • 27.5.3 How to Publish Content in a Table
    • 27.5.3.1 Displaying Files and Folders in Read-Only Format
    • 27.5.3.2 Displaying the Name Attribute As a Go Link
    • 27.5.3.3 Configuring a Table to Show Only Files
  • 27.5.4 What Happens at Runtime
  • 27.5.5 How to Publish Folder Content in a Tree
    • 27.5.5.1 Displaying Files and Folders in Read-Only Format
    • 27.5.5.2 Displaying File Names As Hyperlinks
  • 27.5.6 What Happens at Runtime
  • 27.5.7 How to Add Search Capabilities to Content Repositories
    • 27.5.7.1 Adding Simple Search Capabilities
    • 27.5.7.2 Adding Advanced Search Capabilities
  • 27.5.8 What Happens at Runtime
  • 27.5.9 What You May Need to Know When Using Search Capabilities

28 Creating Content Presenter Display Templates

• 28.1 Adding Content Presenter to an Application
• 28.2 What Is a Content Presenter Display Template?
• 28.3 Using the Out-of-the-Box Display Templates
• 28.4 Creating Content Presenter Display Templates
  • 28.4.1 Overview
  • 28.4.2 Defining Single-Item Display Templates
  • 28.4.3 Defining Multiple-Item Display Templates
  • 28.4.4 Using EL Expressions to Retrieve Content Item Information
    • 28.4.4.1 Retrieving Basic Information About a Content Item
    • 28.4.4.2 Working with Content Item Properties and Values
    • 28.4.4.3 Working with Content Item Icons and URLs
  • 28.4.5 Discovering Content Type Property Names
  • 28.4.6 Referencing External Files in Display Templates
  • 28.4.7 Using the Content Presenter Display Template
• 28.5 Using Content Presenter Display Templates in a WebCenter Portal Application
  • 28.5.1 Export a Content Presenter Display Template as a Portal Resource
  • 28.5.2 Upload the New Content Presenter Display Template to a WebCenter Portal or Spaces Application
  • 28.5.3 Test the New Content Presenter Display Template
• 28.6 What Happens at Runtime?
  • 28.6.1 Runtime Overview
  • 28.6.2 Identifying Display Templates for Selected Content Items
• 28.7 Performance Considerations for Content Presenter Display Templates

29 Integrating the Documents Service

• 29.1 Introduction to the Documents Service
• 29.2 Setting Up Connections
• 29.3 Setting Security for the Documents Service
• 29.4 Using the Documents Service with Other WebCenter Services
• 29.5 Setting Parameters to Upload Files to Content Repositories
• 29.6 Using Adapters with the Documents Service

30 Adding Content Task Flows and Document Components to a Portal Page

• 30.1 Understanding the Content Presenter Task Flow
• 30.2 Understanding the Documents Service Task Flows
• 30.3 Understanding Document Components
• 30.4 Adding a Selected Folder or File to a Page
• 30.5 Adding a Content Task Flow to a Page
• 30.6 Modifying Content Task Flow Parameters
• 30.7 Content Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.1 Content Presenter Task Flow Parameters and Out-of-the-Box Display Templates
  • 30.7.2 Document Explorer Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.3 Document List Viewer Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.4 Document Manager Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.5 Document Navigator Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.6 Folder Viewer Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.7 Recent Documents Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.8 Document Viewer Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.9 Document Mini Properties Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.10 Document Properties Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.11 Rich Text Editor Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.12 Document Upload Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.13 Document Version History Task Flow Parameters
  • 30.7.14 AutoVue Task Flow Parameters

31 Integrating Wikis and Blogs

• 31.1 Introduction to Wikis and Blogs
• 31.2 Requirements for Wikis and Blogs
• 31.3 Integrating Wikis
  • 31.3.1 What You Should Know About the Document Explorer Task Flow
  • 31.3.2 Adding the Document Explorer Task Flow to Provide the Wiki Functionality
  • 31.3.3 Modifying Document Explorer Task Flow Parameters
  • 31.3.4 What Happens at Runtime
  • 31.3.5 Displaying Wiki Page Links Within Content Presenter
• 31.4 Integrating Blogs
  • 31.4.1 Integrating the Blogs Functionality into a Page
    • 31.4.1.1 Adding the Blogs Task Flow for a Selected Folder
    • 31.4.1.2 Adding the Standalone Blogs Task Flow to a Page
  • 31.4.2 What You Should Know About Blogs Task Flow Parameters
  • 31.4.3 How to Modify Blogs Task Flow Parameters
  • 31.4.4 What Happens at Runtime

Part V Enabling Communication and Collaboration

32 Integrating the Announcements Service

• 32.1 Introduction to Announcements
  • 32.1.1 Understanding the Announcements Service
  • 32.1.2 Requirements for Announcements
  • 32.1.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 32.2 Basic Configuration for the Announcements Service
  • 32.2.1 Setting Up a Connection for Announcements
    • 32.2.1.1 Announcements Connections
    • 32.2.1.2 How to Set Up Connections for Announcements
  • 32.2.2 Adding the Announcements Service at Design Time
    • 32.2.2.1 Announcements Service Task Flows
    • 32.2.2.2 How to Add Announcements to Your Page
    • 32.2.2.3 How to Modify Announcements Service Task Flow Parameters
  • 32.2.3 Setting Security for Announcements
• 32.3 Advanced Information for the Announcements Service
  • 32.3.1 How to Add the Announcements - Quick View Task Flow
  • 32.3.2 Customizing Announcements Views
  • 32.3.3 Obtaining Space RSS News Feed URL for the Announcements Service

33 Integrating the Discussions Service

• 33.1 Introduction to Discussions
  • 33.1.1 Understanding the Discussions Service
  • 33.1.2 Requirements for Discussions
  • 33.1.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 33.2 Basic Configuration for the Discussions Service
  • 33.2.1 Setting up Connections for Discussions
    • 33.2.1.1 Discussions Connections
    • 33.2.1.2 How to Set Up Connections for Discussions
  • 33.2.2 Adding the Discussions Service at Design Time
    • 33.2.2.1 Discussions Task Flows
    • 33.2.2.2 How to Add Discussions to a Page
    • 33.2.2.3 How to Modify the Discussions Service Task Flow Parameters
  • 33.2.3 Setting Security for Discussions
• 33.3 Advanced Information for the Discussions Service
  • 33.3.1 Adding the Discussions - Popular Topics Task Flow
  • 33.3.2 Adding the Discussions - Recent Topics Task Flow
  • 33.3.3 Adding the Discussions - Watched Forums Task Flow
  • 33.3.4 Adding the Discussions - Watched Topics Task Flow
  • 33.3.5 Adding the Discussions - Quick View Task Flow
  • 33.3.6 Obtaining Space RSS News Feed URL for the Discussions Service
  • 33.3.7 Using Custom Discussions APIs
  • 33.3.8 Using the Discussions Service REST APIs
    • 33.3.8.1 Discussions Entry Point
    • 33.3.8.2 Discussions Resource Type Taxonomy
    • 33.3.8.3 Security Considerations
    • 33.3.8.4 Discussions Resource Types
  • 33.3.9 Troubleshooting the Discussions Service

34 Integrating the Instant Messaging and Presence Service

• 34.1 Introduction to the IMP Service
  • 34.1.1 Understanding the IMP Service
  • 34.1.2 Requirements for IMP
• 34.2 Basic Configuration for the IMP Service
  • 34.2.1 Setting up Connections for the IMP Service
    • 34.2.1.1 IMP Service Connections
    • 34.2.1.2 How to Set Up Microsoft LCS Connections for the IMP Service
    • 34.2.1.3 How to Set Up Microsoft OCS Connections for the IMP Service
    • 34.2.1.4 How to Set Up OWLCS Connections for the IMP Service
  • 34.2.2 Adding the IMP Service at Design Time
    • 34.2.2.1 IMP Service Task Flows
    • 34.2.2.2 How to Add the IMP Service to your Application
  • 34.2.3 Setting Security for the IMP Service
• 34.3 Advanced Information for the IMP Service
  • 34.3.1 Enabling Network Presence
    • 34.3.1.1 Setting Up Yahoo! Messenger Presence
    • 34.3.1.2 Setting Up Other Network Presence Providers
  • 34.3.2 Customizing IMP Views
  • 34.3.3 Troubleshooting the IMP Service

35 Integrating the People Connections Service

• 35.1 Introduction to the People Connections Service
  • 35.1.1 Understanding the People Connections Service
    • 35.1.1.1 Activity Stream
    • 35.1.1.2 Connections
    • 35.1.1.3 Feedback
    • 35.1.1.4 Message Board
    • 35.1.1.5 Profile
    • 35.1.1.6 The Publisher Task Flow
  • 35.1.2 Requirements for the People Connections Service
• 35.2 Basic Configuration for the People Connections Service
  • 35.2.1 How to Set Up a Database Connection for the People Connections Service
  • 35.2.2 How to Add People Connections Task Flows to a Page
  • 35.2.3 Setting Security for the People Connections Service
• 35.3 Advanced Information for the People Connections Service
  • 35.3.1 Establishing Site-Level Settings for People Connections Features
    • 35.3.1.1 Understanding the People Connections Site-Level Setting Scripts
    • 35.3.1.2 Supported Site-Level Settings for People Connections Features
    • 35.3.1.3 Example: Configuring Connections to Accept Invitations Automatically
  • 35.3.2 Customizing People Connections Task Flows Using Task Flow Binding Parameters
    • 35.3.2.1 How to Revise People Connections Task Flow Binding Parameters
    • 35.3.2.2 People Connections Task Flow Binding Parameters
    • 35.3.2.3 What You Should Know About the Activity Stream Advanced Query Option
  • 35.3.3 Using People Connections Data Controls
    • 35.3.3.1 Adding a Data Control to Your Project
    • 35.3.3.2 Working with People Connections Management Data Control
    • 35.3.3.3 Working with Profile Data Control
  • 35.3.4 Using People Connections Service Java APIs
  • 35.3.5 Using the People Connections Service REST APIs
    • 35.3.5.1 Activity Stream REST APIs
    • 35.3.5.2 Connections and Profile REST APIs
    • 35.3.5.3 Feedback REST APIs
    • 35.3.5.4 Message Board REST APIs
• 35.4 Troubleshooting the People Connections Service

36 Integrating the Mail Service

• 36.1 Introduction to the Mail Service
  • 36.1.1 Understanding the Mail Service
  • 36.1.2 Requirements for the Mail Service
• 36.2 Basic Configuration for the Mail Service
  • 36.2.1 Setting up Connections for the Mail Service
  • 36.2.2 Adding the Mail Service at Design Time
    • 36.2.2.1 Mail Service Task Flows
    • 36.2.2.2 How to Add the Mail Service to your Application
    • 36.2.2.3 How to Modify the Mail Service Task Flow Parameters
  • 36.2.3 Setting Security for the Mail Service
• 36.3 Advanced Information for the Mail Service
  • 36.3.1 Invoking the Mail Compose Page
  • 36.3.2 Configuring the Number of Mails Displayed
  • 36.3.3 Troubleshooting the Mail Service

37 Integrating the Polls Service

• 37.1 Introduction to Polls
  • 37.1.1 Understanding the Polls Service
  • 37.1.2 Requirements for Polls
  • 37.1.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 37.2 Basic Configuration for the Polls Service
  • 37.2.1 Setting up Connections for the Polls Service
  • 37.2.2 Adding the Polls Service at Design Time
    • 37.2.2.1 Polls Task Flows
    • 37.2.2.2 How to Add the Polls Quick View to Your Page
    • 37.2.2.3 How to Modify the Polls Service Task Flow Parameters
  • 37.2.3 Setting Security for Polls
• 37.3 Advanced Information for the Polls Service
  • 37.3.1 How to Add the Polls Manager Task Flow
  • 37.3.2 How to Add the Take Polls Task Flow
  • 37.3.3 How to Add the Polls - View Poll Results Task Flow
  • 37.3.4 Using the Polls Service Data Controls
    • 37.3.4.1 Take Poll Data Control
    • 37.3.4.2 Polls Manager Data Control

Part VI Helping Users Find Content

38 Integrating the Links Service

• 38.1 Introduction to the Links Service
  • 38.1.1 Understanding the Links Service
  • 38.1.2 Requirements for the Links Service
  • 38.1.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 38.2 Basic Configuration for the Links Service
  • 38.2.1 Setting up Connections for the Links Service
  • 38.2.2 Adding the Links Service at Design Time
    • 38.2.2.1 Links Service Task Flows
    • 38.2.2.2 How to Add the Links Service to your Application
  • 38.2.3 Setting Security for the Links Service
  • 38.2.4 Troubleshooting the Links Service
• 38.3 Advanced Information for the Links Service
  • 38.3.1 Using the Links Service REST APIs
    • 38.3.1.1 Links Entry Point
    • 38.3.1.2 Links Resource Type Taxonomy
    • 38.3.1.3 Security Considerations
    • 38.3.1.4 Links Resource Types

39 Integrating the Tags Service

• 39.1 Introduction to the Tags Service
  • 39.1.1 Understanding the Tags Service
  • 39.1.2 Requirements for the Tags Service
  • 39.1.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 39.2 Basic Configuration for the Tags Service
  • 39.2.1 Setting up Connections for the Tags Service
  • 39.2.2 Adding the Tags Service at Design Time
    • 39.2.2.1 Tags Service Components
    • 39.2.2.2 Tags Service Task Flows
    • 39.2.2.3 How to Add the Tags Service to your Page
    • 39.2.2.4 How to Modify the Tags Service Task Flow Parameters
  • 39.2.3 Setting Security for the Tags Service
• 39.3 Advanced Information for the Tags Service
  • 39.3.1 Using the Tags Service Java APIs
  • 39.3.2 Using the Tags Service REST APIs
    • 39.3.2.1 Tags Entry Point
    • 39.3.2.2 Tags Resource Type Taxonomy
    • 39.3.2.3 Security Considerations
    • 39.3.2.4 Tags Resource Types
  • 39.3.3 Optional Way to Show Tags on Pages
  • 39.3.4 Using the Resource Action Handling Framework to Tag Custom Objects

40 Integrating the Search Service

• 40.1 Introduction to Search
  • 40.1.1 Understanding the Search Service
    • 40.1.1.1 Understanding Search with the Oracle SES Adapter
    • 40.1.1.2 Understanding Search with the WebCenter Search Adapters
    • 40.1.1.3 Click Actions on Search Results
  • 40.1.2 What Happens at Runtime
• 40.2 Basic Configuration for the Search Service
  • 40.2.1 Setting up Connections for the Search Service
  • 40.2.2 Adding the Search Service at Design Time
    • 40.2.2.1 Search Service Task Flows
    • 40.2.2.2 How to Add the Search Service to Your Page
    • 40.2.2.3 How to Modify the Search Service Task Flow Parameters
  • 40.2.3 Setting Security for the Search Service
• 40.3 Advanced Information for the Search Service
  • 40.3.1 Adding the Search Task Flow
  • 40.3.2 Adding the Search - Saved Searches Task Flow
  • 40.3.3 Adding the Search Preferences Task Flow
  • 40.3.4 Configuring Search with the Oracle SES Adapter
  • 40.3.5 Configuring Search with WebCenter Search Adapters
  • 40.3.6 Using the Search Service Java APIs
  • 40.3.7 Using the Search Service REST APIs
    • 40.3.7.1 Search Entry Point
    • 40.3.7.2 Search Resource Type Taxonomy
    • 40.3.7.3 Security Considerations
    • 40.3.7.4 Search Resource Types
  • 40.3.8 Using the Search Service Data Control
    • 40.3.8.1 Search Data Control Methods, Attributes, and Classes
    • 40.3.8.2 Integrating the Search Data Control
  • 40.3.9 Building Adapters for the Search Service
    • 40.3.9.1 How to Add a Search Source
    • 40.3.9.2 How to Register a Custom Adapter
    • 40.3.9.3 Search Adapter Attributes
    • 40.3.9.4 What Happens at Runtime
  • 40.3.10 Customizing the Search UI Without the Search Service APIs
  • 40.3.11 Troubleshooting the Search Service

41 Integrating the Activity Graph Service

• 41.1 Introduction to the Activity Graph Service
  • 41.1.1 Understanding the Activity Graph Service
  • 41.1.2 Requirements for the Activity Graph Service
  • 41.1.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 41.2 Basic Configuration for the Activity Graph Service
  • 41.2.1 Setting Up Connections for the Activity Graph Service
  • 41.2.2 Adding the Activity Graph Service at Design Time
    • 41.2.2.1 Activity Graph Service Task Flows
    • 41.2.2.2 How to Add Activity Graph Service Task Flows to a Page
    • 41.2.2.3 How to Modify Activity Graph Service Task Flow Parameters
    • 41.2.2.4 Activity Graph Service Task Flows and Task Flow Parameters
• 41.3 Advanced Information for the Activity Graph Service
  • 41.3.1 Using the Activity Graph Data Control
  • 41.3.2 Using the Activity Graph Service REST APIs
    • 41.3.2.1 Activity Graph Entry Point
    • 41.3.2.2 Activity Graph Resource Type Taxonomy
    • 41.3.2.3 Security Considerations
    • 41.3.2.4 Activity Graph Resource Types
• 41.4 Extending the Activity Graph Service
  • 41.4.1 Defining Custom Node Classes
  • 41.4.2 Defining Custom Actions
  • 41.4.3 Defining Custom Similarity Calculations
  • 41.4.4 Defining Custom Rank Calculations
  • 41.4.5 Registering Custom Activity Providers
  • 41.4.6 Registering Custom QRPPs
• 41.5 Troubleshooting the Activity Graph Service
  • 41.5.1 Troubleshooting the Activity Graph Service Task Flows (All Task Flows)
  • 41.5.2 Troubleshooting the Recommended Connections Task Flow
  • 41.5.3 Troubleshooting the Similar Spaces Task Flow
  • 41.5.4 Troubleshooting the Similar Items Task Flow

Part VII Helping Users Keep Track

42 Integrating the Analytics Service

• 42.1 Introduction to the Analytics Service
  • 42.1.1 Understanding the Analytics Service
  • 42.1.2 Requirements for the Analytics Service
  • 42.1.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 42.2 Basic Configuration for the Analytics Service
  • 42.2.1 Setting up Connections for the Analytics Service
    • 42.2.1.1 How to Set Up a Connection to the Analytics Database
    • 42.2.1.2 How to Set Analytics Collector Properties
    • 42.2.1.3 How to Set Up a Connection to the Analytics Collector
  • 42.2.2 Configuring a Namespace for Analytics Customizations in MDS
  • 42.2.3 Adding Analytics Task Flows at Design Time
    • 42.2.3.1 Analytics Task Flows
    • 42.2.3.2 How to Add Analytics Task Flows to a Page
    • 42.2.3.3 How to Modify Analytics Task Flow Parameters
    • 42.2.3.4 How to Allow End Users to Customize Analytics Task Flows at Runtime
    • 42.2.3.5 Analytics Task Flows and Task Flow Parameters
  • 42.2.4 Setting up Security for Analytics Task Flows and Usage Data
• 42.3 Advanced Information for the Analytics Service
  • 42.3.1 Building Custom Analytics Reports
  • 42.3.2 SQL Statements for Out-of-the-Box Analytics Reports
    • 42.3.2.1 Summary Traffic
    • 42.3.2.2 Summary Pages
    • 42.3.2.3 Summary Logins
    • 42.3.2.4 Summary Pages
    • 42.3.2.5 Space Metrics - Traffic
    • 42.3.2.6 Space Metrics - Response Time
    • 42.3.2.7 Portlet Metrics - Traffic
    • 42.3.2.8 Portlet Metrics - Instance Traffic
    • 42.3.2.9 Portlet Metrics - Response Time
    • 42.3.2.10 Portlet Metrics - Instance Response Time
    • 42.3.2.11 Service Metrics - Search Metrics
    • 42.3.2.12 Service Metrics - Document Metrics
    • 42.3.2.13 Service Metrics - Wiki Metrics
    • 42.3.2.14 Service Metrics - Blog Metrics
    • 42.3.2.15 Service Metrics - Discussion Metrics

43 Integrating the Lists Service

• 43.1 Introduction to the Lists Service
  • 43.1.1 Understanding the Lists Service
  • 43.1.2 What Happens to the Lists Service at Runtime
• 43.2 Basic Configuration for the Lists Service
  • 43.2.1 Setting Up Connections for the Lists Service
  • 43.2.2 Adding the Lists Service at Design Time
    • 43.2.2.1 Lists Service Task Flows
    • 43.2.2.2 How to Add the Lists Service to your Application
  • 43.2.3 Enabling Users to Work with Lists at Runtime
• 43.3 Adding Lists to a Resource Catalog
• 43.4 Using the Lists Service REST APIs
  • 43.4.1 Entry Point for Lists
  • 43.4.2 Lists Resource Type Taxonomy
  • 43.4.3 Lists Security Considerations
  • 43.4.4 Lists Resource Types
    • 43.4.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:lists
    • 43.4.4.2 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list
    • 43.4.4.3 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:rows
    • 43.4.4.4 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:row
    • 43.4.4.5 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:columns
    • 43.4.4.6 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:column
• 43.5 Troubleshooting the Lists Service

44 Integrating Notifications

• 44.1 Introduction to Notifications
  • 44.1.1 Understanding Notifications
  • 44.1.2 Requirements for Notifications
  • 44.1.3 What Happens with Notifications at Runtime?
• 44.2 Basic Configuration for Notifications
  • 44.2.1 Adding the Notifications Namespace
  • 44.2.2 Creating a Notifications Connection to a Mail Server
  • 44.2.3 Creating a Notifications Connection to a BPEL Server
  • 44.2.4 Setting Application Defaults for Notifications
    • 44.2.4.1 What You Should Know About Subscription Defaults
    • 44.2.4.2 Setting Notifications Subscription Defaults
  • 44.2.5 Adding Notifications Task Flows to Your Application
    • 44.2.5.1 Notifications Task flows
    • 44.2.5.2 How to Add a Notifications Task Flow to a Page
    • 44.2.5.3 Subscription Preferences Task Flow Input Parameters
  • 44.2.6 Setting Security for Notifications
• 44.3 Advanced Information for Notifications
  • 44.3.1 Using Notifications Java APIs
    • 44.3.1.1 Configuration Settings Required to Use Notifications Java APIs
    • 44.3.1.2 Introduction to Notifications Java APIs
    • 44.3.1.3 How to Set up Your Application to Use Notifications Java APIs
  • 44.3.2 Using Notifications Data Controls
    • 44.3.2.1 Adding a Data Control to Your Project
    • 44.3.2.2 Understanding the Notification Subscription Data Control
    • 44.3.2.3 Notification Subscription Data Control Methods and Attributes
    • 44.3.2.4 Notification Subscription Data Control Classes

45 Integrating the Recent Activities Service

• 45.1 Introduction to the Recent Activities Service
  • 45.1.1 Understanding the Recent Activities Service
  • 45.1.2 What Happens at Runtime
• 45.2 Basic Configuration for the Recent Activities Service
  • 45.2.1 Setting up Connections for the Recent Activities Service
  • 45.2.2 Adding the Recent Activities Service at Design Time
  • 45.2.3 Setting Security for the Recent Activities Service
• 45.3 Advanced Information for the Recent Activities Service
  • 45.3.1 Refining the Behavior of the Recent Activities Service
  • 45.3.2 Obtaining RSS News Feed URL for the Recent Activities Service

46 Integrating the Worklist Service

• 46.1 Introduction to the Worklist Service
  • 46.1.1 Understanding Worklists
  • 46.1.2 Requirements for the Worklist Service
  • 46.1.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 46.2 Basic Configuration for the Worklist Service
  • 46.2.1 Setting up Connections for the Worklist Service
    • 46.2.1.1 Worklist Service Connections
    • 46.2.1.2 How to Set Up Connections for the Worklist Service
  • 46.2.2 Adding the Worklist Service at Design Time
    • 46.2.2.1 Worklist Service Task Flows
    • 46.2.2.2 How to Add the Worklist Service to your Application
  • 46.2.3 Setting Security for the Worklist Service
• 46.3 Advanced Information for the Worklist Service

47 Integrating the Events Service

• 47.1 Introduction to the Events Service
  • 47.1.1 Understanding the Events Service
  • 47.1.2 Requirements for the Events Service
  • 47.1.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 47.2 Basic Configuration for the Events Service
  • 47.2.1 Setting Up a Connection for the Events Service
  • 47.2.2 Adding the Events Service at Design Time
    • 47.2.2.1 Events Task Flows
    • 47.2.2.2 How to Add the Events Service to Your Application
  • 47.2.3 Setting Security for the Events Service
• 47.3 Troubleshooting the Events Service

48 Integrating the RSS Service

• 48.1 Introduction to the RSS Service
  • 48.1.1 Understanding the RSS Service
  • 48.1.2 Requirements for the RSS Service
  • 48.1.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 48.2 Basic Configuration for the RSS Service
  • 48.2.1 Setting Up a Proxy Server for the RSS Service
  • 48.2.2 Adding the RSS Service at Design Time
    • 48.2.2.1 About RSS Viewer Task Flow
    • 48.2.2.2 How to Add the RSS Viewer Task Flow to Your Application
  • 48.2.3 Setting Security for the RSS Viewer Service

Part VIII Extending Your Application

49 Extending WebCenter Spaces Using JDeveloper

• 49.1 Downloading a Workspace for WebCenter Spaces Development
• 49.2 Including Additional Shared Libraries in WebCenter Spaces
  • 49.2.1 What You Should Know About WebCenter Spaces Shared Library Deployment
  • 49.2.2 Deploying Your Own Custom Code and Task Flows in Shared Libraries
  • 49.2.3 Rebuilding the WebCenter Spaces Shared Library List
    • 49.2.3.1 Editing the Shared Library List
    • 49.2.3.2 Setting Build and Deployment Options (config.properties)
    • 49.2.3.3 Building and Deploying the Shared Library List (extend.spaces.webapp.war)
    • 49.2.3.4 Reverting to a Previous Shared Library List
    • 49.2.3.5 Troubleshooting Shared Library Deployment
• 49.3 Developing WebCenter Spaces Resources
  • 49.3.1 Using the WebCenterSpacesResources Project for Round-Trip Development
  • 49.3.2 Opening and Exploring the WebCenterSpacesResources Project
  • 49.3.3 Enabling Direct Uploads to WebCenter Spaces
  • 49.3.4 Editing WebCenter Spaces Resources in JDeveloper
    • 49.3.4.1 How to Import a WebCenter Spaces Resource into JDeveloper
    • 49.3.4.2 How to Use a Sample WebCenter Spaces Resource
  • 49.3.5 Uploading Resources Direct to WebCenter Spaces
  • 49.3.6 Exporting WebCenter Spaces Resources to an Archive

50 Integrating with Oracle WebCenter Spaces

• 50.1 Introduction to WebCenter Spaces
• 50.2 Exposing WebCenter Spaces in WebCenter Portal Applications Using APIs
  • 50.2.1 Introduction to WebCenter Spaces APIs
  • 50.2.2 Case Study 1: Purchasing Application Uses a Space to Evaluate Suppliers
  • 50.2.3 Case Study 2: Customer Support Center Application Uses a Space to Discuss Customer Escalations
  • 50.2.4 How to Set Up Your WebCenter Portal Application to Use the WebCenter Spaces APIs
    • 50.2.4.1 Verifying That WebCenter Spaces Is Up and Running
    • 50.2.4.2 Setting Up the WebCenter Portal Application to Use WebCenter Spaces APIs
    • 50.2.4.3 Securing the Connection Between the Application and WebCenter Spaces
    • 50.2.4.4 Setting Up the WebCenter Spaces Client Context
  • 50.2.5 How to Provide Space Functionality in WebCenter Portal Applications
    • 50.2.5.1 Managing Spaces and Space Template
    • 50.2.5.2 Managing Space Membership
    • 50.2.5.3 Retrieving Information for Spaces and Space Templates
  • 50.2.6 How to Handle Exceptions Raised by WebCenter Spaces APIs
    • 50.2.6.1 Providing Localized Error Messages
    • 50.2.6.2 Listing the Error Stack
  • 50.2.7 Finding More Information on WebCenter Spaces APIs
  • 50.2.8 Troubleshooting Issues with WebCenter Spaces APIs
• 50.3 Using the WebCenter Spaces REST APIs
  • 50.3.1 WebCenter Spaces Entry Point
  • 50.3.2 WebCenter Spaces Resource Type Taxonomy
  • 50.3.3 WebCenter Spaces Security Considerations
  • 50.3.4 WebCenter Spaces Resource Types
    • 50.3.4.1 urn:oracle:webcenter:spaces
    • 50.3.4.2 urn:oracle:webcenter:spaces:resource:templates
    • 50.3.4.3 urn:oracle:webcenter:space
    • 50.3.4.4 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:resourceindex
    • 50.3.4.5 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:roles
    • 50.3.4.6 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:role
    • 50.3.4.7 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:icon
    • 50.3.4.8 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:attributes
    • 50.3.4.9 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:attribute bill
    • 50.3.4.10 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:members
    • 50.3.4.11 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:member
    • 50.3.4.12 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:lists
    • 50.3.4.13 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list
    • 50.3.4.14 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:rows
    • 50.3.4.15 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:row
    • 50.3.4.16 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:columns
    • 50.3.4.17 urn:oracle:webcenter:space:list:column
• 50.4 Exposing Enterprise Applications in WebCenter Spaces
  • 50.4.1 Exposing WebCenter Portal Applications in WebCenter Spaces
  • 50.4.2 Exposing Oracle Applications in WebCenter Spaces
  • 50.4.3 Exposing Non-Oracle Applications in WebCenter Spaces

51 Using Oracle WebCenter REST APIs

• 51.1 Introduction to REST
• 51.2 Before You Begin: Performing Required Configurations
  • 51.2.1 Configuring the WebLogic Server Credential Store
• 51.3 Understanding the Username-Based Security Token Encryption
• 51.4 Benefits of Using REST
• 51.5 Introduction to WebCenter REST APIs
• 51.6 Understanding the Link Model
  • 51.6.1 The Resource Index
  • 51.6.2 The Anatomy of a Link
    • 51.6.2.1 Resource Type
    • 51.6.2.2 Relationship
    • 51.6.2.3 Capabilities
    • 51.6.2.4 Media Type
    • 51.6.2.5 Templates
• 51.7 Understanding Items Hypermedia
• 51.8 Navigating Hypermedia Using HTTP
• 51.9 Security Considerations for WebCenter REST APIs
• 51.10 Security Considerations for CMIS REST APIs
• 51.11 Understanding Common Types
  • 51.11.1 Common Types
    • 51.11.1.1 personReference
    • 51.11.1.2 groupSpaceReference
  • 51.11.2 Portable Contact Types
    • 51.11.2.1 name Portable Contact Type
    • 51.11.2.2 address Portable Contact Type
    • 51.11.2.3 organization Portable Contact Type
    • 51.11.2.4 value Portable Contact Type
• 51.12 Managing Caches
• 51.13 Configuring a Proxy Server
• 51.14 WebCenter REST API Examples
  • 51.14.1 Navigating the Message Board Hypermedia
    • 51.14.1.1 Accessing the Resource Index
    • 51.14.1.2 Reading Messages
    • 51.14.1.3 Creating a New Message
    • 51.14.1.4 Updating a Message
    • 51.14.1.5 Deleting a Message
  • 51.14.2 Displaying Activity Stream Data
  • 51.14.3 Using the WebCenter People Connections Service REST APIs with Ext
    • 51.14.3.1 Creating the HTML Page
    • 51.14.3.2 Creating the JavaScript File
    • 51.14.3.3 The Result
  • 51.14.4 Updating User Status

52 Integrating Other Oracle Applications

• 52.1 Integrating Siebel Applications
  • 52.1.1 Integrating Siebel Applications as Web Services
    • 52.1.1.1 Preparing the Siebel Application
    • 52.1.1.2 Consuming a Siebel Web Service in a WebCenter Portal Application
  • 52.1.2 Integrating Siebel Applications Using the Siebel Web Engine
• 52.2 Integrating E-Business Suite Applications
  • 52.2.1 Introduction to Integrating EBS Applications
    • 52.2.1.1 Understanding EBS Integration
    • 52.2.1.2 Requirements for Integrating EBS Applications
  • 52.2.2 Integrating EBS Applications in a WebCenter Portal Application
    • 52.2.2.1 Preparing the EBS Application for Remote Access
    • 52.2.2.2 Registering the EBS WSRP Producer in the WebCenter Portal Application
    • 52.2.2.3 Creating a JSF Page to Consume the Remote Producer
    • 52.2.2.4 Testing the WebCenter Portal Application
  • 52.2.3 Integrating EBS Applications in WebCenter Spaces
    • 52.2.3.1 Preparing the EBS Portlet for Remote Access
    • 52.2.3.2 Registering the EBS WSRP Producer in WebCenter Spaces
    • 52.2.3.3 Adding the EBS Portlet to a WebCenter Spaces Page
    • 52.2.3.4 Testing the WebCenter Spaces Portlet Connection
• 52.3 Integrating JD Edwards Applications
  • 52.3.1 Integrating JD Edwards Applications in a WebCenter Portal Application
    • 52.3.1.1 Preparing the JD Edwards Application for Remote Access
    • 52.3.1.2 Registering the JD Edwards WSRP Producer in the WebCenter Portal Application
    • 52.3.1.3 Creating the JSF Page to Consume the Remote Porducer
    • 52.3.1.4 Testing the WebCenter Portal Application
  • 52.3.2 Integrating JD Edwards Applications in WebCenter Spaces
    • 52.3.2.1 Registering the Producer
    • 52.3.2.2 Adding the JD Edwards Portlet to a WebCenter Spaces Page
    • 52.3.2.3 Testing the WebCenter Spaces Portlet Connection
• 52.4 Integrating PepleSoft Applications
  • 52.4.1 Integrating PeopleSoft Applications in a WebCenter Portal Application
    • 52.4.1.1 Preparing the PeopleSoft Application for Remote Access
    • 52.4.1.2 Registering the PeopleSoft WSRP Producer in the WebCenter Portal Application
    • 52.4.1.3 Creating the JSF Page to Consume the Remote (WSRP) Producer
    • 52.4.1.4 Testing the WebCenter Portal Application
  • 52.4.2 Integrating PeopleSoft Applications in WebCenter Spaces
    • 52.4.2.1 Registering the Producer
    • 52.4.2.2 Adding the PeopleSoft Portlet to a WebCenter Spaces Page
    • 52.4.2.3 Testing the WebCenter Spaces Portlet Connection
• 52.5 Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
  • 52.5.1 Introduction to Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
    • 52.5.1.1 Understanding Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Integration
    • 52.5.1.2 Requirements for Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
  • 52.5.2 Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services in WebCenter Portal Applications
    • 52.5.2.1 Installing the Required Business Intelligence Extensions
    • 52.5.2.2 Creating a WebCenter Application that Integrates with Oracle BI Presentation Services
    • 52.5.2.3 Testing the WebCenter Portal Application
    • 52.5.2.4 Post-Deployment Connection Configuration
    • 52.5.2.5 Securing Oracle BI EE Objects Included in a WebCenter Application
  • 52.5.3 Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Objects in WebCenter Spaces
    • 52.5.3.1 Adding Oracle BI Objects to the WebCenter Spaces Resource Catalog
    • 52.5.3.2 Adding Oracle BI Content at Runtime
    • 52.5.3.3 Modifying a Business Intelligence Object's Prompt Values
    • 52.5.3.4 Modifying a Business Intelligence Task Flow's Initialization Parameters

Part IX Working with Portlets and Portals

53 Overview of Portlets

• 53.1 Introduction to Portlets
  • 53.1.1 Portlet Anatomy
  • 53.1.2 Portlet Resources
    • 53.1.2.1 JSF Portlets
    • 53.1.2.2 Prebuilt Portlets
    • 53.1.2.3 Parameter Form and Parameter Display Portlets
    • 53.1.2.4 Web Clipping
    • 53.1.2.5 OmniPortlet
    • 53.1.2.6 Programmatic Portlets
    • 53.1.2.7 Deciding Which Tool to Use
  • 53.1.3 Portlet Modes
    • 53.1.3.1 View Mode
    • 53.1.3.2 Edit Mode
    • 53.1.3.3 Edit Defaults Mode
    • 53.1.3.4 Help Mode
    • 53.1.3.5 About Mode
    • 53.1.3.6 Preview Mode
    • 53.1.3.7 Full Screen Mode (PDK-Java)
• 53.2 Portlet Technologies Matrix
  • 53.2.1 General Suitability
  • 53.2.2 Expertise Required
  • 53.2.3 Deployment Type
    • 53.2.3.1 PDK-Java Producers
    • 53.2.3.2 WSRP Producers
    • 53.2.3.3 Producer Architecture
  • 53.2.4 Caching Style
  • 53.2.5 Development Tool
  • 53.2.6 Portlet Creation Style
  • 53.2.7 User Interface Flexibility
  • 53.2.8 Ability to Capture Content from Web Sites
  • 53.2.9 Ability to Render Content Inline
  • 53.2.10 Charting Capability
  • 53.2.11 Public Portlet Parameter Support
  • 53.2.12 Private Portlet Parameter Support
  • 53.2.13 Ability to Hide and Show Portlets Based on User Privileges
  • 53.2.14 Multilingual Support
  • 53.2.15 Pagination Support
  • 53.2.16 Authenticating to External Applications

54 Creating Portlets with the Oracle JSF Portlet Bridge

• 54.1 Introduction to the Oracle JSF Portlet Bridge
• 54.2 Creating a Portlet from a JSF Application
  • 54.2.1 How to Create a JSF Portlet Based on a Page
  • 54.2.2 How to Create a JSF Portlet Based on a Task Flow
    • 54.2.2.1 Creating a Portlet From a Task Flow Using the Create Portlet Entry Dialog
    • 54.2.2.2 Creating a Portlet From a Task Flow Using the Manage Portlet Entries of Task Flows Dialog
  • 54.2.3 How to Test a JSF Portlet Using the Integrated WebLogic Server
  • 54.2.4 What Happens at Runtime
• 54.3 What You May Need to Know When Creating a JSF Portlet
  • 54.3.1 General Guidelines
  • 54.3.2 Portlet Guidelines
  • 54.3.3 Security Guidelines
  • 54.3.4 JSF Guidelines
  • 54.3.5 Oracle ADF Guidelines

55 Creating Portlets with the Portlet Wizard

• 55.1 Introduction to Java Portlets
  • 55.1.1 Introduction to Standards-Based Java Portlets
  • 55.1.2 Introduction to PDK-Java Portlets
• 55.2 Creating Java Portlets
  • 55.2.1 How to Create a JSR 286 Java Portlet
  • 55.2.2 What Happens When You Create a JSR 286 Java Portlet Using the JDeveloper Wizard
  • 55.2.3 After You Create a JSR 286 Java Portlet Using the JDeveloper Wizard
  • 55.2.4 How to Create a PDK-Java Portlet
  • 55.2.5 What Happens When You Create a PDK-Java Portlet
  • 55.2.6 After You Create an Oracle PDK-Java Portlet Using the JDeveloper Wizard
• 55.3 Troubleshooting Java Portlets
  • 55.3.1 Cannot Access the Create Portlet Wizard
  • 55.3.2 Cannot Add the Portlet Functionality that I Want to the Portlet

56 Coding Portlets

• 56.1 General Guidelines for Coding Java Portlets
  • 56.1.1 Guidelines for Portlet Modes
    • 56.1.1.1 Guidelines for View Mode
    • 56.1.1.2 Guidelines for Edit Mode
    • 56.1.1.3 Guidelines for Edit Defaults Mode
    • 56.1.1.4 Guidelines for Help Mode
    • 56.1.1.5 Guidelines for About Mode
    • 56.1.1.6 Guidelines for Preview Mode
    • 56.1.1.7 Guidelines for Full Screen Mode (PDK-Java Only)
  • 56.1.2 Guidelines for Navigation within a Portlet
    • 56.1.2.1 Intraportlet Links
    • 56.1.2.2 Application Links
    • 56.1.2.3 External Links
    • 56.1.2.4 Internal/Resource Links
  • 56.1.3 Guidelines for JavaScript
• 56.2 Enhancing JSR 286 Java Portlets
  • 56.2.1 How to Edit the Portlet Deployment Descriptor File
  • 56.2.2 How to Add Custom Portlet Modes
  • 56.2.3 How to Access User Information
  • 56.2.4 How to Customize the Runtime Environment
    • 56.2.4.1 Supported Container Runtime Options
    • 56.2.4.2 Setting Container Runtime Options for All Portlets in an Application
    • 56.2.4.3 Setting Container Runtime Options for Individual Portlets
  • 56.2.5 How to Use Portlet Events
    • 56.2.5.1 Defining a Portlet Event at the Application Level
    • 56.2.5.2 Adding a Processing Event to a Portlet
    • 56.2.5.3 Adding a Publishing Event to a Portlet
  • 56.2.6 How to Use Public Render Parameters
    • 56.2.6.1 Defining a Public Render Parameter at the Application Level
    • 56.2.6.2 Adding a Public Render Parameter to a Portlet
  • 56.2.7 How to Add Personalization
    • 56.2.7.1 Adding a Portlet Preference to a Portlet
    • 56.2.7.2 Simple Portlet Personalization Example
  • 56.2.8 How to Use Portlet Filters
    • 56.2.8.1 Adding a Portlet Filter to an Application
    • 56.2.8.2 Applying a Portlet Filter to a Portlet
  • 56.2.9 How to Implement Export of Customizations (WSRP 2.0)
  • 56.2.10 How to Implement Rewritten URLs for Resource Proxy
  • 56.2.11 How to Implement Stateless Resource Proxying
  • 56.2.12 How to Enable Java Object Cache for Preference Store Access
  • 56.2.13 How to Implement Security for JSR 286 Portlets
• 56.3 Enhancing PDK-Java Portlets
  • 56.3.1 Guidelines for PDK-Java Portlets
  • 56.3.2 How to Add Portlet Modes
  • 56.3.3 How to Implement Public Parameters
  • 56.3.4 How to Implement Private Parameters
    • 56.3.4.1 About Private Parameters
    • 56.3.4.2 About Portlet URL Types
    • 56.3.4.3 Building Links with the Portlet URL Types
    • 56.3.4.4 Building Forms with the Portlet URL Types
    • 56.3.4.5 Implementing Navigation within a Portlet
    • 56.3.4.6 Restricting Navigation to Resources
  • 56.3.5 How to Use JNDI Variables
    • 56.3.5.1 Declaring JNDI Variables
    • 56.3.5.2 Setting JNDI Variable Values
    • 56.3.5.3 Retrieving JNDI Variables
  • 56.3.6 How to Access Session Information
  • 56.3.7 How to Enhance Portlet Performance with Caching
    • 56.3.7.1 Activating Caching
    • 56.3.7.2 Adding Expiry-Based Caching
    • 56.3.7.3 Adding Validation-Based Caching
• 56.4 Testing Portlet Personalization
• 56.5 Creating a Struts Portlet
  • 56.5.1 How to Create a New Flow and View to Host the Portlet Actions
  • 56.5.2 How to Create the New JSPs
  • 56.5.3 How to Create a Portlet
  • 56.5.4 How to Extend the Portlet to Add Business Logic
  • 56.5.5 How to Register the Producer

57 Testing and Deploying Your Portlets

• 57.1 Introduction to Portlet Deployment Testing in a Development Environment
• 57.2 Testing a Portlet Application on Integrated WebLogic Server
  • 57.2.1 How to Test JSR 286 Portlets on Integrated WebLogic Server
  • 57.2.2 What Happens When You Test JSR 286 Portlets on Integrated WebLogic Server
  • 57.2.3 How to Test PDK-Java Portlet Applications on Integrated WebLogic Server
  • 57.2.4 What Happens When You Test PDK-Java Portlet Applications on Integrated WebLogic Server
• 57.3 Deploying a Portlet Application to an Oracle WebLogic Managed Server Instance
  • 57.3.1 How to Create Deployment Profiles
    • 57.3.1.1 Creating a WAR Deployment Profile
    • 57.3.1.2 Creating a Deployment Descriptor
  • 57.3.2 How to Create and Provision a WebLogic Managed Server Instance
  • 57.3.3 How to Create and Register the Metadata Service Repository
  • 57.3.4 How to Create a WebLogic Managed Server Connection
  • 57.3.5 How to Deploy a Portlet Application to an Oracle WebLogic Managed Server Instance
  • 57.3.6 What Happens When You Deploy a Portlet Application to an Oracle WebLogic-Managed Portlet Server
• 57.4 Registering and Viewing Your Portlet

58 Creating Pagelets with the Oracle WebCenter Pagelet Producer

• 58.1 Using Pagelets in Web Applications
  • 58.1.1 How to Add a Pagelet to a JSF Page in Oracle JDeveloper
    • 58.1.1.1 How to Register a Pagelet Producer
    • 58.1.1.2 How to Add a Pagelet to a JSF Page
    • 58.1.1.3 How to Secure a Pagelet
  • 58.1.2 How to Add a Pagelet to any Web Page
    • 58.1.2.1 How to Insert Pagelets Using Javascript
    • 58.1.2.2 How to Insert Pagelets Using Pagelet Producer Adaptive Tags
    • 58.1.2.3 How to Add a Pagelet Using Web Injectors
  • 58.1.3 How to Add a Pagelet to a Page in WebCenter Spaces
• 58.2 Building Pagelets Using the Oracle WebCenter Pagelet Producer
  • 58.2.1 About Server Communication and the Proxy
    • 58.2.1.1 The Oracle WebCenter Pagelet Producer Proxy
    • 58.2.1.2 About HTTP and CSP
  • 58.2.2 Building Adaptive Pagelets
    • 58.2.2.1 Adaptive Pagelet Design Patterns
    • 58.2.2.2 Using Adaptive Tags
    • 58.2.2.3 Using the Adaptive Pagelet Scripting Framework
    • 58.2.2.4 Adaptive Pagelet Development Tips
  • 58.2.3 Using REST APIs
    • 58.2.3.1 Data Retrieval APIs
    • 58.2.3.2 Pagelet Inject API
  • 58.2.4 Using Session Preferences
    • 58.2.4.1 Using Scripting Framework Methods to Access Session Preferences
  • 58.2.5 Using Pagelet Producer Credential Mapping

59 Consuming Portlets

• 59.1 Introduction to Consuming Portlets
• 59.2 Registering Portlet Producers with a WebCenter Portal Application
  • 59.2.1 How to Register a WSRP Portlet Producer
  • 59.2.2 How to Map a Producer's Declared User Categories to an Application's Defined Java EE Security Roles
  • 59.2.3 How to Register an Oracle PDK-Java Portlet Producer
  • 59.2.4 How to Edit Portlet Producer Registration Settings
  • 59.2.5 How to Test a Portlet Producer Connection
  • 59.2.6 How to Refresh a Portlet Producer
  • 59.2.7 How to Delete a Portlet Producer
• 59.3 Adding Portlets to a Page
  • 59.3.1 How to Add a Portlet to a Page
  • 59.3.2 What Happens When You Add a Portlet to a Page
  • 59.3.3 What Happens at Runtime
• 59.4 Setting Attribute Values for the Portlet Tag
  • 59.4.1 How to Set Attribute Values for the Portlet Tag Using the Property Inspector
  • 59.4.2 How to Set Attribute Values for the Portlet Tag in Source Code
  • 59.4.3 Common Attributes of the Portlet Tag
  • 59.4.4 Appearance Attributes of the Portlet Tag
  • 59.4.5 Behavior Attributes of the Portlet Tag
  • 59.4.6 Portlet Modes Attributes of the Portlet Tag
  • 59.4.7 Style Attributes of the Portlet Tag
  • 59.4.8 Binding Attributes of the Portlet Tag
  • 59.4.9 Customization Attributes of the Portlet Tag
  • 59.4.10 Other Attributes of the Portlet Tag
  • 59.4.11 What You May Need to Know About Maximize, Minimize, Restore, and Move
  • 59.4.12 What You May Need to Know About IFRAMEs
• 59.5 Copying Portlets
  • 59.5.1 How to Copy a Portlet and Place it on the Same Page
  • 59.5.2 How to Copy a Portlet from One Application Page to Another
• 59.6 Deleting Portlets from Application Pages
• 59.7 Adding the Portlet Producer Task Flow

60 Creating Portlets with OmniPortlet

• 60.1 Introduction to OmniPortlet
• 60.2 Adding OmniPortlet to Your Application
• 60.3 Customizing OmniPortlet
• 60.4 Troubleshooting OmniPortlet Problems

61 Creating Content-Based Portlets with Web Clipping

• 61.1 Introduction to Web Clipping
• 61.2 Adding Web Clipping to Your Application
• 61.3 Integrating Authenticated Web Content Using Single Sign-On
• 61.4 Advanced Features of Web Clipping
  • 61.4.1 Using the Web Clipping Transport API
    • 61.4.1.1 Implementing the Web Clipping Transport API
    • 61.4.1.2 Deploying the Web Clipping Transport API
  • 61.4.2 Rewriting Image Links to Use a Resource Proxy
• 61.5 Current Limitations of Web Clipping
• 61.6 Troubleshooting Web Clipping

Part X Delivering Personalized Content

62 Personalizing WebCenter Applications

• 62.1 Introduction to WebCenter Personalization
  • 62.1.1 WebCenter Personalization Architecture
  • 62.1.2 WebCenter Personalization Conductor
    • 62.1.2.1 Personalized Scenarios
    • 62.1.2.2 Personalized Application Flow
    • 62.1.2.3 Property Set Integration
    • 62.1.2.4 Provider Integration
  • 62.1.3 WebCenter Personalization Property Service
    • 62.1.3.1 Property Service Architecture
    • 62.1.3.2 Property Sets
    • 62.1.3.3 Property Locators
  • 62.1.4 WebCenter Personalization Providers
    • 62.1.4.1 Out-of-the-Box Providers
    • 62.1.4.2 Custom Data Providers
    • 62.1.4.3 Function Providers
• 62.2 Integrating WebCenter Personalization in Your Application
  • 62.2.1 WebCenter Personalization Requirements
  • 62.2.2 Authoring Personalized Scenarios in JDeveloper
    • 62.2.2.1 Creating a Properties Namespace
    • 62.2.2.2 Creating Property Sets and Property Definitions
    • 62.2.2.3 Creating a New Scenario in the Scenario Editor
    • 62.2.2.4 Specifying Scenario Flow Using Node Types
    • 62.2.2.5 Defining Property Sets and Property Locators
    • 62.2.2.6 Implementing and Calling Function Providers
    • 62.2.2.7 Implementing and Calling Data Providers
    • 62.2.2.8 Using the Out-of-the-Box Providers
  • 62.2.3 Creating File-Based Scenarios
  • 62.2.4 Displaying Targeted Content at Runtime
    • 62.2.4.1 Presenting Content with Content Presenter
    • 62.2.4.2 Presenting Content with a Custom User Interface
• 62.3 Extending Personalization
  • 62.3.1 Adding Custom Providers
    • 62.3.1.1 Extending the AnnotatedConfiguration Class
    • 62.3.1.2 Implementing the Required Interfaces
    • 62.3.1.3 Creating the Resource Files
    • 62.3.1.4 Wiring the Data Provider to the Conductor
    • 62.3.1.5 Invoking your Data Provider in a Scenario
  • 62.3.2 Adding Custom Locators
    • 62.3.2.1 Understanding Property Locators
    • 62.3.2.2 Implementing the Required Interfaces
    • 62.3.2.3 Implementing Security
    • 62.3.2.4 Creating a Property Set Definition
    • 62.3.2.5 Putting It All Together
    • 62.3.2.6 Invoking the Property Locator
• 62.4 Using Personalization APIs Externally
  • 62.4.1 Using Java APIs
  • 62.4.2 Using the Property Service Rest APIs
    • 62.4.2.1 Accessing the Property Service
    • 62.4.2.2 Creating a Namespace Using the Property Service
    • 62.4.2.3 Viewing Property Set Definitions Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
    • 62.4.2.4 Creating a Property Definition Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
    • 62.4.2.5 Viewing Property Definitions Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
    • 62.4.2.6 Creating a Property Set Definition Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
    • 62.4.2.7 Creating a Property Set Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
    • 62.4.2.8 Viewing a Property Set Within a Namespace Using the Property Service
    • 62.4.2.9 Accessing the Conductor ResourceIndex
    • 62.4.2.10 Accessing Namespaces Using the Conductor
    • 62.4.2.11 Creating a Scenario Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
    • 62.4.2.12 Viewing Scenarios Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
    • 62.4.2.13 Executing a Scenario Using the Conductor
    • 62.4.2.14 Viewing Data Providers Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
    • 62.4.2.15 Viewing Detailed Data Provider Properties Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
    • 62.4.2.16 Viewing Data Provider Connections Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
    • 62.4.2.17 Viewing Data Provider Connection Resources Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
    • 62.4.2.18 Viewing Data Provider Connection Resources Method Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
    • 62.4.2.19 Viewing Function Providers Within a Namespace Using the Conductor
  • 62.4.3 Property Service REST APIs
    • 62.4.3.1 Property Service Resource Index
    • 62.4.3.2 Namespace CRUD
    • 62.4.3.3 Property Definition CRUD
    • 62.4.3.4 Property Set Definition CRUD
    • 62.4.3.5 Property Set CRUD
    • 62.4.3.6 Property CRUD
    • 62.4.3.7 JSON Payload
    • 62.4.3.8 Exceptions
    • 62.4.3.9 Query Parameters
    • 62.4.3.10 Search Expressions
  • 62.4.4 Using the Conductor REST APIs
    • 62.4.4.1 Using the Data Provider Management APIs
    • 62.4.4.2 Using the Function Provider Management APIs
    • 62.4.4.3 Using the Namespace Management APIs
    • 62.4.4.4 Using the Scenario Management APIs
  • 62.4.5 Calling Personalization Client Services Using ELs
    • 62.4.5.1 Calling Personalization Client Services from JSF Pages
    • 62.4.5.2 Calling Personalization Client Services from JSP Pages
    • 62.4.5.3 Personalization Context Object Method Reference
    • 62.4.5.4 Enabling Single Sign-on

Part XI Completing Your WebCenter Application

63 Securing Your WebCenter Portal Application

• 63.1 Introduction to WebCenter Portal Application Security
• 63.2 Creating an Application Role
• 63.3 Configuring ADF Security
  • 63.3.1 Configuring ADF Security Settings
  • 63.3.2 Automated Security Grants for WebCenter Services
• 63.4 Using the Role Manager Task Flow
• 63.5 Using the Enterprise Role Member Task Flows
• 63.6 Using the Page Hierarchy Security Editor
  • 63.6.1 Introduction to Page Hierarchy Security
    • 63.6.1.1 Page Hierarchy Model
    • 63.6.1.2 Page-level and Page Hierarchy Security
    • 63.6.1.3 Inherited and Delegated Security
  • 63.6.2 Building a Page Hierarchy
    • 63.6.2.1 Adding a Page Hierarchy to a Navigation
    • 63.6.2.2 Adding Pages to a Page Hierarchy
    • 63.6.2.3 Delegating Security
• 63.7 Creating Login Pages and a Login Component
• 63.8 Creating a Login Portlet
• 63.9 Adding Portlets to a Login Page
• 63.10 Creating a Self-Registration Page
  • 63.10.1 Integrating the WebCenter Spaces Self-Registration Task Flow
  • 63.10.2 Building a Custom Self-Registration Page
  • 63.10.3 Creating a Self-Registration Invitation Page
• 63.11 Creating a Reset Password Page
• 63.12 Configuring Basic Authentication for Testing Portlet Personalization
• 63.13 Working with External Applications
  • 63.13.1 Using External Applications
    • 63.13.1.1 Secured Service Connections
    • 63.13.1.2 Automated Single Sign-On
  • 63.13.2 Supplying User Credentials
  • 63.13.3 Managing External Applications
    • 63.13.3.1 Adding External Application Task Flows
    • 63.13.3.2 Working with External Applications in Oracle JDeveloper
    • 63.13.3.3 Working with External Applications in Enterprise Manager
    • 63.13.3.4 Working with External Applications Using WLST
• 63.14 Registering Custom Certificates with the Keystore
• 63.15 Overriding Inherited Security on Portlets and Customizable Components
  • 63.15.1 Portlets Security
    • 63.15.1.1 Defining Security at the Actions Category Level
    • 63.15.1.2 Defining Security at the Actions Level
• 63.16 Identity Propagation Mechanisms
• 63.17 Securing Identity Propagation Through WSRP Producers with WS-Security
  • 63.17.1 Identity Propagation Without WS-Security
  • 63.17.2 Identity Propagation with WS-Security
  • 63.17.3 Configuring Security for WSRP Portlets
• 63.18 Implementing PDK-Java Portlet Security
  • 63.18.1 Assumptions
  • 63.18.2 Introduction to PDK-Java Portlet Security Features
    • 63.18.2.1 Identity Propagation
    • 63.18.2.2 Authorization
    • 63.18.2.3 Message-level Security
  • 63.18.3 Single Sign-On
    • 63.18.3.1 External Application
    • 63.18.3.2 No Application Authentication
  • 63.18.4 Portlet Security Managers
    • 63.18.4.1 Implementing Your Own Security Manager
  • 63.18.5 Message Authentication
  • 63.18.6 User Input Escape
    • 63.18.6.1 Default Container Encoding
    • 63.18.6.2 Escape Methods
• 63.19 Troubleshooting Security Issues
  • 63.19.1 Error Message Appears When Running a Page with a Content Repository Data Control Method Being Consumed

64 Deploying and Testing Your WebCenter Portal Application

• 64.1 Introduction to Oracle WebLogic Servers
• 64.2 Deploying a WebCenter Portal Application to the Integrated WebLogic Server
  • 64.2.1 Running a WebCenter Portal in the Integrated WebLogic Server
  • 64.2.2 Deploying a WebCenter Portal Application to the Integrated WebLogic Server
• 64.3 Deploying a WebCenter Portal Application to a WebLogic Managed Server
  • 64.3.1 Packaging a WebCenter Portal Application
    • 64.3.1.1 Packaging Database Connections and Application Security
    • 64.3.1.2 Creating Deployment Profiles
  • 64.3.2 Preparing the Target Environment for Deployment
    • 64.3.2.1 Creating and Provisioning an Oracle WebLogic Managed Server Instance
    • 64.3.2.2 Creating and Registering the Metadata Service Repository
    • 64.3.2.3 Configuring the Target Environment
    • 64.3.2.4 Creating a WebLogic Managed Server Connection
  • 64.3.3 Deploying a WebCenter Portal Application to a Managed Server
    • 64.3.3.1 Deploying to a Managed Server Using Local Data Sources
    • 64.3.3.2 Deploying to a Managed Server Using Global Data Sources
• 64.4 Transporting Customizations Between Environments

65 Building Multilanguage Portals

• 65.1 Language Support in ADF Faces Components
• 65.2 Using Resource Bundles to Support Multiple Languages

Part XII Appendixes

A Files for WebCenter Portal Applications

• A.1 About Files
• A.2 Files Overview
• A.3 Files Related to WebCenter Portal Applications
  • A.3.1 catalog-registry.xml
  • A.3.2 default-catalog.xml
  • A.3.3 default-navigation-model.xml
  • A.3.4 index.html
  • A.3.5 navigation-registry.xml
  • A.3.6 pages.xml
  • A.3.7 error.jspx
  • A.3.8 home.jspx
  • A.3.9 login.jspx
  • A.3.10 navigation-renderer.jspx
  • A.3.11 pageTemplate_globe.jspx
  • A.3.12 pageTemplate_swooshy.jspx
• A.4 Files Related to JSR 286 Portlets
  • A.4.1 portlet.xml
  • A.4.2 oracle-portlet-tags.jar
  • A.4.3 portlet_mode.jsp
  • A.4.4 portlet_name.java
  • A.4.5 portlet_nameBundle.jar
  • A.4.6 web.xml
• A.5 Files Related to PDK-Java Portlets
  • A.5.1 producer_name.properties
  • A.5.2 _default.properties
  • A.5.3 index.jsp
  • A.5.4 portlet_name_modePage.jsp
  • A.5.5 provider.xml
    • A.5.5.1 provider.xml Syntax
    • A.5.5.2 provider.xml Sample
  • A.5.6 web.xml
• A.6 System Files
  • A.6.1 adf-config.xml
  • A.6.2 DataBindings.cpx
  • A.6.3 faces-config.xml
  • A.6.4 page_name.jspx
  • A.6.5 PageDef.xml
  • A.6.6 trinidad-config.xml
  • A.6.7 web.xml
  • A.6.8 weblogic-application.xml
  • A.6.9 mds Subdirectory
  • A.6.10 wsdl Subdirectory
• A.7 Files Related to Security
  • A.7.1 connections.xml
  • A.7.2 jazn-data.xml
  • A.7.3 cwallet.sso
  • A.7.4 jps-config.xml
  • A.7.5 adf-config.xml
• A.8 Oracle JDeveloper Files
  • A.8.1 pagetemplate-metadata.xml
• A.9 Files Related to WebCenter Web 2.0 Services

B Oracle Composer Component Properties and Files

• B.1 Oracle Composer Component Properties
  • B.1.1 Page Customizable
  • B.1.2 Change Mode Link and Change Mode Button
  • B.1.3 Layout Customizable Component
  • B.1.4 Panel Customizable Component
  • B.1.5 Show Detail Frame Component
  • B.1.6 Custom Action
  • B.1.7 Show Property
• B.2 Oracle Composer-Specific Files and Configurations
  • B.2.1 pe_ext.xml
    • B.2.1.1 addon-config
    • B.2.1.2 property-panels
    • B.2.1.3 lov-config
    • B.2.1.4 event-handlers
    • B.2.1.5 drop-handlers
    • B.2.1.6 filter-config
    • B.2.1.7 elbuilder-config
    • B.2.1.8 Sample pe_ext.xml File
  • B.2.2 adf-config.xml
    • B.2.2.1 page-editor-config
    • B.2.2.2 addon-panels
    • B.2.2.3 sandbox-namespaces
    • B.2.2.4 session-options-factory
    • B.2.2.5 rcv-config
    • B.2.2.6 customizableComponentsSecurity
    • B.2.2.7 mds-config
    • B.2.2.8 resource-string-editor
    • B.2.2.9 enable-source-view
    • B.2.2.10 enable-zoom
    • B.2.2.11 persistent-change-manager
    • B.2.2.12 taglib-config
    • B.2.2.13 security-config
    • B.2.2.14 Sample adf-config.xml File
  • B.2.3 adf-settings.xml
    • B.2.3.1 custComps-config
  • B.2.4 web.xml
    • B.2.4.1 CHANGE_PERSISTENCE Context Parameter
    • B.2.4.2 WebCenterComposerFilter
• B.3 Oracle Composer Default Add-Ons and Property Panels
  • B.3.1 Default Add-Ons
  • B.3.2 Default Property Panels
• B.4 Oracle Composer Help Topic IDs
• B.5 Oracle Composer Components Style-Specific Properties
  • B.5.1 Style Selectors for Oracle Composer Components
    • B.5.1.1 Global Style Selectors
    • B.5.1.2 Page Customizable Style Selectors
    • B.5.1.3 Layout Customizable Style Selectors
    • B.5.1.4 Panel Customizable Style Selectors
    • B.5.1.5 Show Detail Frame Style Selectors
  • B.5.2 Style Attributes
• B.6 Customizable Components (HTML) Properties
  • B.6.1 Panel Customizable (HTML) Component
  • B.6.2 Show Detail Frame (HTML) Component
  • B.6.3 Customizable Components (HTML) Style Selectors
    • B.6.3.1 Panel Customizable (HTML) Style Selectors
    • B.6.3.2 Show Detail Frame (HTML) Style Selectors
    • B.6.3.3 Property Keys
    • B.6.3.4 Icon Selectors

C Resource Catalog Properties and Files

• C.1 Configuration and Location of Catalog Definitions
• C.2 XML Schema
• C.3 Catalog Definition Attributes
  • C.3.1 catalogDefinition
  • C.3.2 folder
  • C.3.3 url
  • C.3.4 includeCatalog
  • C.3.5 component
  • C.3.6 customFolder
  • C.3.7 customContent
  • C.3.8 attributes
  • C.3.9 attribute
  • C.3.10 parameters
  • C.3.11 schema
• C.4 Factory Classes Available for Adding Dynamic Resources to the Catalog
  • C.4.1 XMLComponentFactory
  • C.4.2 ContentUrlResourceFactory
  • C.4.3 CustomFolderContextFactory
  • C.4.4 DefaultFolderContextFactory
  • C.4.5 ContentListFactory
  • C.4.6 EnsembleContentProvider

D Guidelines for Creating Task Flows to Be Used in Oracle Composer-Enabled Pages

• D.1 Guidelines for Effective Geometry Management and Pagination
  • D.1.1 Guideline 1: Create Task Flows that Flow
    • D.1.1.1 Example 1: Oracle ADF Faces Table Component with Its autoHeightRows Attribute Set to a Specific Value
    • D.1.1.2 Example 2: Oracle ADF Faces Iterator Component Inside a Panel Group Layout with a Scrolling Layout
  • D.1.2 Guideline 2: Limit the Number of Records Displayed in a Task Flow
  • D.1.3 Guideline 3: Specify a Minimum Height for the Task Flow
  • D.1.4 Guideline 4: Include UI for Accessing Data Beyond the Display Limit
• D.2 Guidelines for Efficient Use of Task Flow Parameters and Customization and Personalization Options
  • D.2.1 Guidelines for Implementing Task Flow Parameters
  • D.2.2 Guidelines for Implementing Customization
  • D.2.3 Guidelines for Implementing Personalization
  • D.2.4 Guidelines for Implementing Implicit Personalization
• D.3 Example of a WebCenter Application Containing a Task Flow Created By Following the Guidelines
  • D.3.1 The RecentPagesTaskFlow Project
    • D.3.1.1 The recent-pages-task-flow-definition.xml File
    • D.3.1.2 The mainView.jsff Fragment
    • D.3.1.3 The simpleEditPopupView.jspx Page
    • D.3.1.4 The advancedEditPopupView.jspx Page
    • D.3.1.5 The recentPagesBean Java Bean
    • D.3.1.6 The Preference Bean
  • D.3.2 The WebPages Project
    • D.3.2.1 The Welcome.jspx File
    • D.3.2.2 The adf-config.xml File
  • D.3.3 Runtime Behavior
• D.4 Conclusion

E Additional Portlet Configuration

• E.1 OmniPortlet Configuration Tips
  • E.1.1 Configuring the OmniPortlet Producer to Access Data Outside a Firewall
  • E.1.2 Configuring the OmniPortlet Producer to Access Other Relational Databases
    • E.1.2.1 Installing DataDirect JDBC Drivers
    • E.1.2.2 Registering DataDirect Drivers in OmniPortlet
  • E.1.3 Configuring Portal Tools and Web Producers (Optional)
• E.2 Web Clipping Portlet Configuration Tips
  • E.2.1 Web Clipping Repository Configuration
    • E.2.1.1 Using Oracle Metadata Services (MDS) as the Web Clipping Repository
    • E.2.1.2 Using an Oracle Database as the Web Clipping Repository
    • E.2.1.3 Configuring Web Clipping Repository in provider.xml
    • E.2.1.4 Attributes and Child Tags of the repositoryInfo Tag
  • E.2.2 HTTP or HTTPS Proxy Configuration
  • E.2.3 Web Clipping Producer Security
    • E.2.3.1 Adding Certificates for Trusted Sites
    • E.2.3.2 Configuring Oracle Advanced Security for the Web Clipping Producer
• E.3 Hiding or Removing the WSRP Test Page
• E.4 Setting Up a Preference Store
  • E.4.1 WSRP Producers
  • E.4.2 PDK-Java Producers
• E.5 Portlet Preference Store Migration Utilities
  • E.5.1 JPS Portlet Preference Store - PersistenceMigrationTool
  • E.5.2 PDK-Java Portlet Preference Store - Migration and Upgrade Utilities
    • E.5.2.1 Migration Mode
    • E.5.2.2 Upgrade Mode
  • E.5.3 Web Clipping Repository
  • E.5.4 Moving a Producer
• E.6 Exporting and Importing Portlet Producers at Design Time
  • E.6.1 Exporting Portlet Producers at Design Time
  • E.6.2 Importing Portlet Producers at Design Time

F Reuse of Oracle Portal Components

• F.1 Introduction to Oracle Portal Components
• F.2 Reusing Portlets
  • F.2.1 How to Reuse JSR 286 and Oracle PDK-Java Portlets
  • F.2.2 What You May Need to Know About Events
  • F.2.3 What You May Need to Know About Mobile Portlets
  • F.2.4 What You May Need to Know About the Portlet Chrome
  • F.2.5 What You May Need to Know About Personalizations and Customizations
  • F.2.6 What You May Need to Know About Oracle Portal System Resources
  • F.2.7 What You May Need to Know About Partner and External Applications
  • F.2.8 How to Use the Federated Portal Adapter to Reuse Database Portlets
  • F.2.9 What You May Need to Know About Troubleshooting the Federated Portal Adapter
    • F.2.9.1 On Registration
    • F.2.9.2 During Runtime
  • F.2.10 What You May Need to Know About Limitations of the Federated Portal Adapter
  • F.2.11 How to Reuse Oracle PDK-Java Producers from Earlier Oracle Application Server Versions
    • F.2.11.1 Consuming a Portlet from Oracle Portal
    • F.2.11.2 Redeploying PDK-Java Producers from Oracle Portal
• F.3 Reusing Items

G Expression Language Expressions

• G.1 ELs Related to the Application
• G.2 ELs Related to Security
• G.3 ELs Related to General Settings
• G.4 ELs Related to Application Resources
• G.5 ELs Related to Navigation
• G.6 ELs Related to Oracle WebCenter Services
• G.7 ELs Related to the Documents Service
• G.8 ELs Related to the People Connections Service
• G.9 ELs Related to the Personalization Service

H Manually Migrating a WebCenter Portal Application

• H.1 When is Migration Required?
• H.2 Anatomy of a WebCenter Portal Application
• H.3 Overview of the Migration Procedure
• H.4 Preparing for the Migration
• H.5 Editing Configuration Files
  • H.5.1 Updating DataBindings.cpx
  • H.5.2 Updating weblogic.xml
  • H.5.3 Updating faces-config.xml
  • H.5.4 Updating trinidad-config.xml
  • H.5.5 Updating web.xml
  • H.5.6 Updating adf-config.xml
• H.6 Modifying the Project Configurations
• H.7 Creating Portal-Specific Files
  • H.7.1 Create the Portal Application Folder Structure
  • H.7.2 Create a Resource Registry File
  • H.7.3 Create Default Resources
    • H.7.3.1 Default Navigation Model File
    • H.7.3.2 Navigation Registry File
    • H.7.3.3 Resource Catalog File
    • H.7.3.4 Resource Catalog Registry File
    • H.7.3.5 Page Template File
    • H.7.3.6 Navigation Renderer File
    • H.7.3.7 Page Hierarchy File
• H.8 Applying Security Configurations
  • H.8.1 Configure ADF Security
  • H.8.2 Configure the jazn-data.xml File

Glossary

Index