Introduction to OA Framework

Oracle Application Framework (OA Framework) is the Oracle Applications development and deployment platform for HTML-based business applications. OA Framework consists of a set of middle-tier runtime services and a design-time extension to Oracle JDeveloper called Oracle Applications Extension (OA Extension).

Key features 

End User Productivity

OA Framework has top features such as partial page rendering (PPR), hot keys, smart choice lists and autocompletion of fields with lists of values. User interface layout and interaction standards, commonly known as the BLAF. BLAF is the default look and feel that all OA Framework applications but can be personalized in many ways to meet customer branding and style requirements. OA Framework's implementation of BLAF standards yields a consistent user experience and further enhances user productivity.

Performance and Scalability

OA Framework has aggressive performance and scalability targets. Most Oracle E-Business Suite application pages have sub-second response times to most user interactions. It takes a bit longer the first time a page is accessed within the same Java Virtual Machine, but thereafter, most of the commonly needed information (such as user information) is cached in the middle tier, allowing faster response. Resources are conserved through a number of resource pooling mechanisms and the swapping of idle resource data between memory and database.

Developer Productivity

OA Framework is designed around the simple Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture. Oracle has adopted a flavor of the MVC architecture. Key building blocks of an application are defined in a descriptive manner using a simple JDeveloper user interface and then saved in an industry standard XML format. Customers and partners can leverage the proven OA Framework technology to add extensions to their Oracle E-Business Suite applications.

Application Customizability

OA Framework can be easily personalization and extensibility as per the company needs and is easy to maintain and support. Oracle Customizations can bee easly migrateble across instances.

Open Standards

OA Framework is J2EE based and features several industry standards such as XML, HTML, Java, JSP, SQL and Web Services.