Inserting Structured Attributes from the Data Control Palette

You can use the Data Control Palette to display a structured attribute. The data control's structured attribute is a bean which defines a collection of one, such as an address object. The ADF data controls provide the built-in Create and Delete operations that you can use to create and remove a new object of the same type. In web pages, you use the Data Control Palette to display structured objects using input form and read-only forms. You can also display the properties of the structured object individually using attribute-bound visual elements. In JClient forms, your panel can only display attribute-bound controls.

Note: The Data Control Palette may appear empty when you first open it. Complete the prerequisite steps to populate the palette with business services from your model project.

To display a structured object in a web page:

Create the ADF-enabled web page or ADF-enabled Swing panel and open it in the Visual Editor.
Choose View | Data Control Palette to open the palette.
Expand the Data Control Palette hierarchy and locate the icon, for the desired structured attribute.
To display the structured attribute as a form and choose the desired visual element from the dropdown list. For example, a palette selection would look similar to this:

To use the create or delete built-in operations, expand the Operations folder below the structured object attribute. For example, a palette selection to insert a create operation would look similar to this:
Add the visual element into your web page by dragging the selection from the top portion of the Data Control Palette into the open web page in the Visual Editor.

An iterator binding definition is created in the binding definitions file for the displayed web page.