The ingredients of an ADF task flow

The ADF task flow consists of three major elements: task flow configuration files, task flow activities, and managed bean definitions. The following section discusses each item in detail.

Task flow configuration files

When you build an ADF task flow, JDeveloper IDE generates a task flow definition file that will act as a registry for keeping task flow related artefacts. These files are discussed under this section.

• adfc-config.xml: This file stores the metadata definition for the default unbounded task flow in a Fusion web application. JDeveloper by default creates this file in the public_html\WEB-INF folder of the view controller project when you generate a Fusion Web application.

  The adfc-config.xml file may contain unbounded task flow activities, control flow rules for pages, and managed beans interacting to allow users to finish specific business functionalities. The IDE will generate a brand new adfc-configN.xml file (where N is a numeric value) for...