Creating static LOVs
A static LOV is produced by basing its list data source view accessor on a static view object, that is, a view object that uses a static list as its data source. A static list is a list of constant data that you either enter manually or import from a text file using JDeveloper. A static list could also be produced by basing the view object on a query that generates static data. The advantage of using a static LOV is that you can display static read-only data in your application's user interface without having to create a database table for it. In all cases, the amount of static data presented to the user should be small.
In this recipe, we will create a static view object called ColorLov and use it as an LOV list data source to LOV-enable a transient attribute of the Employees view object.
Getting ready
This recipe was developed using the HRComponents workspace, which was created in the Overriding remove() to delete associated children entities recipe in Chapter 2, Dealing...
