<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Development	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
,	O
usually	O
called	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
,	O
provides	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
framework	B-Architecture
for	O
building	O
enterprise	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
visual	O
and	O
declarative	O
approaches	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
can	O
support	O
any	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
ADF	O
Task	O
Flows	O
-	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
JSF	B-Language
controller	O
layer	O
that	O
adds	O
complete	O
process	O
flow	O
and	O
reusability	O
aspects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Oracle	B-Language
JDeveloper	I-Language
free	O
Integrated	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
provides	O
a	O
graphical	O
interface	O
for	O
creating	O
data-management	O
applications	O
using	O
ADF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
also	O
offers	O
Eclipse	B-Application
based	O
tooling	O
for	O
ADF	O
in	O
Oracle	B-Language
Enterprise	I-Language
Pack	I-Language
For	I-Language
Eclipse	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Implementers	O
can	O
deploy	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
applications	O
on	O
Java	O
EE-compliant	O
containers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Language
WebLogic	I-Language
and	O
IBM	O
WebSphere	O
are	O
officially	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
has	O
marketed	O
parts	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
since	O
1999	O
—	O
specifically	O
ADF	O
Business	O
Components	O
—	O
then	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
JBO	O
"	O
and	O
later	O
as	O
"	O
BC4J	O
"	O
(	O
"	O
Business	O
Components	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ADF	O
architecture	O
with	O
the	O
generic	O
model/binding	O
layer	O
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
JDeveloper	B-Language
9.0.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2006	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
donated	O
the	O
ADF	B-Language
Faces	I-Language
component	O
library	O
to	O
Apache	B-Language
Trinidad	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
ADF	B-Language
Faces	I-Language
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
JSF	B-Language
implementation	O
,	O
includes	O
over	O
100	O
components	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
Oracle	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
technologies	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
Essentials	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
Essentials	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
deploy	O
packaging	O
of	O
the	O
key	O
core	O
technologies	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
the	O
license	O
terms	O
for	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
Essentials	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
"	O
full	O
"	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Oracle	B-Application
Application	O
Server	O
licence	O
includes	O
a	O
component	O
for	O
a	O
license	O
fee	O
for	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
all	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
purchased	O
an	O
Oracle	B-Application
Application	O
Server	O
licence	O
may	O
use	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
who	O
want	O
to	O
deploy	O
ADF	O
to	O
a	O
third-party	O
application-server	O
can	O
purchase	O
an	O
ADF	O
runtime	O
license	O
at	O
their	O
local	O
Oracle	B-Application
sales	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
develop	O
and	O
test	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
applications	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
exclusively	O
within	O
Oracle	B-Language
JDeveloper	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
purchased	O
WebLogic	B-Language
in	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
no	O
longer	O
regards	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
third-party	O
application-server	O
,	O
so	O
ADF	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
every	O
WebLogic	B-Language
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
customers	O
can	O
get	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
Oracle	B-Language
ADF	I-Language
through	O
a	O
request	O
to	O
Oracle	B-Application
Support	O
.	O
</s>
