What are the ADF Business Components configuration files

When you generate business components, the wizard will also generate metadata configuration XML files to manage the runtime behavior of ADF Business Components. Let us take a quick tour of these metadata configuration files.

1. bc4j.xcfg:

-The bc4j.xcfg file contains metadata information about the application module and runtime parameters that have been configured to manage the runtime behavior of each application module instance. When you generate an application module, this file will be automatically generated in common subfolders relative to the folder where you create the application module definition. If you edit an application module configuration by using the editor, the modified values are set in the corresponding bc4j.xcfg file.

2. <ModelProjectName>.jpx:

-The <ModelProjectName>.jpx file is used by both design-time editors and runtime framework components.
-JDeveloper uses the <ModelProjectName>.jpx file as a registry to track the contents of the model packages. It also contains metadata for shared application modules present in the project, which is used by both design-time and runtime components.

3. adfm.xml:

-The adfm.xml file contains path information for other registry files used in the model project. You may not see this file in a model project source during development. Jdeveloper generates this file with appropriate entries when you build a model project.
-The adfm.xml records path information for the following files, if they are present in the project:
•    bc4j.xcfg
•     <ModelProjectName>.jpx
•     DataControls.dcx
•     DataBindings.cpx
-This file is used as a registry of registries in the view controller (Web UI) project as well.


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