Customize out-of-box taskflow with java bean.

Question

Hi,
I have created a Taskflow Customization Appl. for changing out-of-the-box Profile (.jsff) pages. I create a Java bean under ‘ViewController’ project. I’ve tried to register the bean in either adfc-config.xml or faces-config.xml file. However, using EL in jsff pages to access the bean’s attribute give me errors. I referenced the bean's attribute by #{EmployeeBean.department} in .jsff file.
Where should I register the bean? What’s the difference between two config files?
<Jan 24, 2012 3:16:22 PM EST> <Warning> <oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.UIXRegion> <ADF_FACES-00009> <Error processing viewId: /edit-basic/view1 URI: /oracle/webcenter/peopleconnections/profile/view/jsf/regions/ootbedit/editbasic.jsff actual-URI: /oracle/webcenter/peopleconnections/profile/view/jsf/regions/ootbedit/editbasic.jsff.
javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Target Unreachable, identifier ‘EmployeeBean' resolved to null
at com.sun.el.parser.AstValue.getTarget(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.el.parser.AstValue.isReadOnly(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.el.ValueExpressionImpl.isReadOnly(Unknown Source)
at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.EditableValueRenderer._getUncachedReadOnly(EditableValueRenderer.java:486)
at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.EditableValueRenderer.cacheReadOnly(EditableValueRenderer.java:416)
adfc-config.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<adfc-config xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/controller" version="1.2">
<managed-bean id="__3">
<managed-bean-name id="__1">EmployeeBean</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class id="__4">WCTaskflowCustomization.model</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope id="__2">request</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>
</adfc-config>
faces-config.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<faces-config version="1.2" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee">
<application>
<default-render-kit-id>oracle.adf.rich</default-render-kit-id>
</application>
<referenced-bean>
<referenced-bean-name></referenced-bean-name>
<referenced-bean-class></referenced-bean-class>
</referenced-bean>
<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>EmployeeBean</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>xxx.yyy.customization.view.Employee</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>
</faces-config>
Employee.java
=========
package xxx.yyy.customization.view;
public class Employee {
public Employee() {
super();
private String userName;
private String department;
public void setUserName(String userName) {
this.userName = userName;
public String getUserName() {
return userName;
public void setDepartment(String department) {
this.department = department;
System.out.println("setDepartment():" + department);
public String getDepartment() {
System.out.println("getDepartment():" + department);
return "Informaton Technology";
Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Hi,
if you want to access the bean from within a bounded task flow then you configure it in the task flow definition. If the El accesses the bean from the unbounded task flow then you configure it in adfc-config.xml. When working with the ADF controller you don't use the faces-config.xml file for defining managed beans
Frank