1. Extensibility Guide
  2. Using JDeveloper for Customizations
  3. Customizing Oracle ADF Artifacts with JDeveloper

2.3 Customizing Oracle ADF Artifacts with JDeveloper

To customize ADF artifacts, open the default customization application workspace provided, using the Customization Developer role and customize the required artifacts.

Customizing the Artifacts

Users need to switch to the Customization Developer role before they can begin customizing.
  1. Restart JDeveloper and select the Customization Developer role.

    Figure 2-3 Customizing the Artifacts 1


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    The artifacts from the imported library are displayed in the Application Navigator pane, under the ADF Library Customizations node, and the artifact selected to customize opens in the editor window.

    Figure 2-4 Customizing the Artifacts 2


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    Description of "Figure 2-4 Customizing the Artifacts 2"

  2. In the Customization Context window (by default, displayed at the bottom of JDeveloper), select the layer that you want the customizations written to.

    Note the following:

    In case you want to change the value from customization.properties, you can follow the below steps:
    • Step 1: Extract the OfsllCustomization.jar using the following command. Jar –xvf OfsllCustomization.jar
    • Step 2: Modify the value in customization.properties
    • Step 3: Remove the old OfsllCustomization.jar, to build the jar again, please issue the following command Jar -cvf OfsllCustomization.jar customization.properties oracle META-INF adf-loc.jar

Parent topic: Using JDeveloper for Customizations