JDeveloper 11g PS2 Update - Custom Declarative Components in ADF Faces Rich Client

Thanks to my blog reader, I received comment for blog post - Custom Declarative Components in ADF Faces Rich Client. This post describes how you can develop custom declarative LOV component, that comes together with description text. As reader says - provided sample application works with JDeveloper 11g PS1, but not with latest JDeveloper 11g PS2 release. LOV value wasn't refreshed and not stored to database. I fixed it to work in latest PS2 release, will tell you what update is required.

Download working updated sample application - AdvancedLOVComponent2.zip.

So, what's new now? We should take a closer look into declarative component parameters. Before, I was passing LOV model and value attributes as separate Object type parameters - it doesn't work anymore. Instead, now I need to pass one attribute for LOV, of type oracle.adf.view.rich.model.ListOfValuesModel. I will use this attribute value for declarative LOV component:

You can see, inside declarative LOV component, I'm referencing LOV model, value and label directly from declared LOV attribute:

Before, separate attributes of type Object and String were declared for this purpose. Description value comes as it was in previous version - as separate attribute:

We need to package updated declarative component into JAR library, and refresh consuming project:

Now our custom LOV contains only two custom attributes - one for LOV model and another for description text. LOV model is referenced directly from Page Definition attribute: #{binding.DepartmentId}:

Here we go - declarative LOV component works again - it brings LOV and description values:

User can select new value:

LOV and description text will be refreshed accordingly - updated data can be stored into database:

I should say, updated declarative component design is much better now - it is enough to pass LOV model value and it works.