ADF Bindings, Part 2

Aim

In this module, you dive deeply into binding internals. Specifically, you learn about:

• The ADF architecture and the responsibilities of the binding layer
• The ADF request lifecycle and how it augments the phases of the JavaServer Faces lifecycle
• The ADF implementation of the component model and how it differs from the pure Java implementation
• The runtime behavior of binding objects
• Binding classes that you are likely to use while coding in Java

After completing this module you should be able to:

• Describe the role of the binding layer in the ADF architecture
• Explain the phases of the ADF request lifecycle
• Describe how the ADF implementation of the component model augments the pure Java implementation
• List several binding objects and describe why you might want to access them programmatically at runtime
• Explain why you would use the af:switcher component