On the AMIS Live blog there was a good summary about the functionality of the XML DataControl:
“The XML Data Control is an ADF Data Control that is used by developers to create data bindings in ADF Faces pages, just like the ADF BC Data Control and the POJO Data Control. The data exposed through this data control can be any XML source – from a SOAP or REST WebService, from a static XML document or a custom Java Class that produces an XML document from anywhere. It offers much more control and flexibility than the Web Service Data Control does (that is very limited in scope and usability).”
You can check out the slides of this very short presentation if you like, but there is more news, in the very near future, an official launch event for this component will be held on the premises of MN in The Hague. To attend this event or to be informed about the next steps with the XML Data Control, you can register through this signup form.
Last, but not least, I would like to leave with a quote from Wilfred about the XML Datacontrol:
"This is a real time saver for ADF/SOA projects. We now have junior ADF developers finishing their Model project in half an hour and fully focusing on the View side of things. I really think something like the XML DataControl can turn around the perception of ADF as an overly complex framework. It makes things so much simpler."
We expect and hope to have an official and stable release coming out this summer!
