OAF

Understanding What is OA Framework is important. OA Framework stands for Oracle Application Framework or OAF or Oracle Apps Framework.

Let’s understand what is OA Framework in greater detail.

OAF is a framework developed by Oracle Corporation for development of applications which can get combined with the Oracle E-Business Suite.

OA Framework aims at creating 3-tier web-based applications that can get embed with Oracle Applications instance while still maintaining all the security features of Oracle E-Business Suite.
As mentioned above that OA Framework creates 3 tier applications and these 3 tiers are called as Model, View and Controller or MVC in short.

The OAF comprises of underlying technologies like UIX and Business Component for Java (BC4J), Application Object Library (AOL) to provide the EBS standard menus, functions etc.

Having understood what is OA Framework, now let’s see what OA Framework is used for or what is Oracle Apps Framework catering to.

Oracle Application Framework (OAF) facilitates consultants (both Technical and Functional) to cater to the daily requirements of their clients by enabling them to personalize, customize, extend and also develop new OAF pages and embed the same back into Oracle Applications.

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