PageDef.xml File

• The key data binding artifact:

• Is accessible through the visual editor’s context menu or the link on its Bindings tab
• Describes the service usage of a particular page, panel, or region

• XML file content:

• Default location controlled by the ADFm Settings > PageDef subpackage project property
• Run-time location determined by the DataBindings.cpx file (see <context-param> CpxFileName in web.xml)

• Three sections (in order of interest, and not appearance):

• 1. Bindings
• 2. Executables
• 3. Parameters

Notes:

PageDef.xml File

The group of bindings that supports the UI components on a page is described in a page-specific XML file called the page definition file. The first time you drop a data-bound component from the Data Control Palette on a page, JDeveloper creates the page definition file for it. Every time you add components to the page using the Data Control Palette, JDeveloper adds appropriate declarative binding entries into this page definition file.