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Plug-In Fundamentals

Plug ins are shared component objects. Like other shared components, they are local to an application and can be made accessible (via subscriptions) to other applications in the same workspace.

The main part of a plug in consists of PL/SQL code with JavaScript and CSS as complimentary code (when applicable). A plug in consists of one or more PL/SQL functions. These functions can either reside in the database (in a package or a set of functions) or be included within the plug in. There are specific headers for each type of function (i.e., they must take in a certain set of parameters and return a specific ...

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