What Is Oracle ADF?
Like Forms, Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF or just ADF) is a meta-framework that fulfills the same set of core functions outlined in the preceding section. One of the major differences between ADF and Oracle Forms, however, is in how those functional pieces are provided. As a framework, Oracle Forms provides all of the functions in a monolithic whole. ADF, on the other hand, relies on a mix of sub-frameworks to provide the key functions, along with the functional glue to hold it all together. That sounds complex, but the end result is the same. Nearly everything that an application needs is already encapsulated within ADF. And if something is not available, you can add external packages and libraries ...
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