Non-compliant HTML from ADF Faces 10.1.3.2

We have had a query about the HTML rendered from ADF components from a potential client. When a page generated from an ADF Faces app. is run through the W3C HTML validator, it returns a number of errors, suggesting that the HTML does not conform to the current HTML 4.01 standard, although this is the standard specified in the doctype for the page.
For example a test jspx page built with a simple ADF Faces PanelPage component only, generates numerous errors when run through the validator at http://validator.w3.org.
Does Oracle have an official position on this? Is this something we will have to live with unless we write our own renderer? Do Oracle propose to change the components to conform with the standard in the future?
Matthew

Matthew,
can you explain what your concrete concern is? I handled a similar question in the past where the claim was that non-standard HTML would make web pages look insecure. However, there was no proof for this statement, so I am wondering if it is the same argument.
So please let me know what exactly it is that makes your client worry? If you use the same validator and try www.yahoo.com or www.google.com, it will show errors as well. I am not sure there are many web page on this planet that pass the validation test wth no errors.
Back to your question though; There is no official statement Oracle has on HTML compliance in writing that you can pass on to your client.
We do look at the validness of the generated HTML for the components we write on a regular basis. We don't see or have reports of limitation of our generated HTML and perform regular browser certifiation tests to ensure that applications built with ADF Faces don't fail browser support.
If there is a serious issue with the genrated HTML code that prevents you or your client to run web applications built with ADF Faces, please let us know by filing a Service Request with customer support so we have a bug to trace and fix.
Frank

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<f:facet name="appCopyright"/>
<f:facet name="appPrivacy"/>
<f:facet name="appAbout"/>

<mebs:hello/>
</af:panelPage>
</h:form>
</afh:body>
</afh:html>
</f:view>
</jsp:root>
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Hope this helps you.

ADF Faces: is mixing JSF RI and ADF Faces tags supported?

Hi,
I'm looking at ADF Faces as a future possibility for our application that is currently based on JSF RI.
When looking at the ADF Faces demo it strikes me that all pages are almost completely built up from ADF Faces tags.
For instance
af:form
af:commandButton
af:inputText
are used instead of the equivalent core jsf tags f:form, f:commandButton and f:inputText
I'm wondering if this is mandatory if we would like to use some ADF Faces components mixed within our existing application.
In other words: are ADF Faces tags supported in the environment of conventional JSF tags? And mixing ADF Faces JSF components with JSF components by other vendors?
Another thing that strikes me is that pages are constructed using ADF Faces tags for any and all markup content.
I guess this is meant to support several different clients (normal browser applications, mobile clients, voice activation over telephone) using different renderers.
In my experience abstracting markup this way inherently means loss of control over the exact markup that is sent to the client. This is not acceptable for all projects and customers.
Is embedding ADF Faces tags within template HTML, within f:verbatim tags or not, supported?
Regards,
Joost de Vries

You absolutely can mix JSF RI and ADF Faces tags. This is very much supported! You can swap in <h:form> and <h:commandButton> and <h:inputText>. Our versions support some features that the JSF tags do not, as described in our release notes.
Your point about using tags to produce all markup is a very cogent one. For some projects, absolute control over HTML will be a necessary requirement, so we do support that style of development. But we believe strongly that the future does not lie in constant handcoding of HTML, but instead in building more powerful, flexible, and reusable components and assembling those into pages. This was one of the themes of a talk I gave with two coworkers at this past JavaOne.
-- Adam Winer (JSF EG member and ADF Faces lead)

ADF Faces: how to extend one of the faces components

Hi all,
I am thinking of extending the built-in ADF Faces CommandMenuItem component (to work around a bug that was filed). The only thing that I think I need to do is to add an additional property - I don't believe that I will need to add any additional behavior to the tag.
Can anyone comment on (high level) the steps that I would need to go through? I'd like to
a). Add the property
b). Make sure the property shows up in the JDev property inspector
c). Inherit everything else from CoreCommandMenuItem.
I've looked at the source code (from the Apache guys), and this doesn't look too hard. I don't want to re-compile the whole Apache drop, just create a new component as described above, but I've no idea really where to start.
Any insights appreciated,
John

Hello John,
I don't know how possible it will be. It depend on what kind of property you want to add. Here are the general indications to acheive this.
1) Make a custom component class extending CommandMenuItem class and add an additional property.
2) Extends the commandMenuItem tag clas with your own
3) override the method public void setProperties(javax.faces.component.UIComponent component)
you just have to call the parent first which is the specification behavior anyway, so:
public void setProperties(UIComponent component) {
super.setProperties(component);
// Cast the component to your component class and set your additional property on it
4) The hard part... This is where I'm unsure of the procedure, but I would say that you'll have to extends ADF Faces's renderer for commandMenuItem and find a way to push the property in it if it has to be sent to the client. This seem really annoying to do. One way to do it would be to wrap the ResponseWriter so you can intercept what the parent renderer encodes and insert your property in the right spot. That strategy requires an additional (probably intern) class extending ResponseWriter. Then you would have to do something like this:
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
ResponseWriter initial = context.getResponseWriter();
context.setResponseWriter(new MyWrapperWriter(initial));
super.encodeBegin(context, component);
context.setResponseWriter(initial);
The Wrapper would have to override all methods and delegate the call to the wrapped instance. When calling startElement(String) you would add a call to writeAttribute for your own property.
5) For showing the property in the property editor panel you must fill a faces-config.xml file with the <component> tag. Since that one does not allow inheritance (which is really annoying imho) you'll have to copy most of the properties from adf faces' faces-config.xml file.
6) Fill the tld for your new tag
7) JAR the whole thing
8) Edit your tag library from Tool in the menu I think (not on a computer with JDev installed atm so cannot be sure). Add your library that you just created. If faces.config.xml and the .tld are well made JDev will figure prety much everything on its own. You will now have a new choice in the dropdown menu of the component palette for your custom library.
I hope I was decently clear.
Regards,
Simon Lessard

Does Studio Creator support Oracle ADF Faces and other components?

Hi everyone
According to:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/htdocs/partners/addins/exchange/jsf/doc/faq.html
"Although ADF Faces is "vanilla" JSF we have not been able to run with Java Studio Creator Build 04.06.2. We are working with Sun to resolve the issues in Java Studio Creator."
Does anyone know if Oracle ADF faces now work with Studio Creator and if so which version.
In addition I am also looking for JSF visualization components. In addition to advanced 3-D graphs (send as PNG to client) I am also looking for components to visualize the structure of a website. These all need to work with Studio Creator.

Importing 3rd party libraries used to be complicated. The .complib stuff was added precisely to make it easy.
It does make packaging slightly harder for third party -vendors-, since there's one extra step, but this makes everything easier for (the much larger number of) users of the third party components, since the packaging format specifies a bunch of stuff that we used to have to ask of users when trying to add the jar and associated metadata into the IDE.
The complib stuff is documented, so if you're producing a 3rd party JSF library, or if you really want to use one that hasn't yet been packaged, you can do the steps yourself.
See http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/People/EdwinGoei -- the first couple of links describes the process. Yes, we're working with third party vendors to get this done for their component sets, and yes, there's talk with other IDE vendors to standardize all this.
-- Tor
http://blogs.sun.com/tor

Calling oracle 6i reports from ADF

Hi All,
My requirment is to call oracle reports from ADF.
Can some one help me in calling oracle 6i reports from ADF faces.
Plz provide some link where I can info about this.
Regards
Srinivas.

Hi,
you can call the Reports Web URL from ADF. If you want o do this embedded then have a look at
http://thepeninsulasedge.com/frank_nimphius/2007/09/11/adf-faces-showing-reports/
Frank

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