A model-driven approach to the automated creation of ADF applications

Abstract

The Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF) has become increasingly important as a platform/paradigm for the purpose of building current and future enterprise projects. Such projects can easily be developed by following books and manuals. However, the process of transforming existing projects from traditional platforms, to the Oracle ADF format requires considerable effort and high levels of accuracy. In fact, accuracy is a key when attempting to ensure that projects remain error-free. Therefore, devising an approach that facilitates the conversion of existing projects to Oracle ADF is pivotal. This paper presents a Model Driven Architecture (MDA) approach regarding the automated creation and integration of Oracle ADF applications utilised for the renovation of existing projects. This method is outlined as follows. In the first instance, the Structured Query Language (SQL) file, exported from the database, is parsed and Java objects of database models are populated. Tables extracted from the database are mapped into Java Classes. These Java Classes are employed to generate the files required when preparing to build an ADF project. Finally, these ADF files are automatically integrated into a running ADF project. As proof of concept, implementation of the suggested approach is created as a tool Plug-in. © 2013 IEEE.