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Asked: 2026-05-18T00:56:52+00:00

Given the fact that I have to build an application, or a series of

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Given the fact that I have to build an application, or a series of applications using Oracle ADF, how much flexibility do I have?

  • Can I run my application on another application server, like IBM WebSphere, or on a simple Servlet container, like Tomcat?
  • Can I use Hibernate instead of EclipseLink?
  • Can I easily access another database, like Microsoft SQL Server?
  • Would Domain-Driven Design fit in the picture?
  • How much of an ADF application can be configured using a DI container like Spring?
  • What would I miss when I use my favorite IDE, say Eclipse, instead of JDeveloper?
  • Can I use Maven for ADF projects?

In other words, what are the limits of freedom within ADF-land? Note that it still has to be an ADF application, not just a Java EE application that uses ADF Faces.

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    Can I run my application on another application server, like IBM WebSphere, or on a simple Servlet container, like Tomcat?

    At the end of the day, the Oracle ADF framework is just some JAR files that you can install on Third-Party Application Servers (with more or less support, depending on the tooling).

    Can I use Hibernate instead of EclipseLink?

    You can feed ADF with POJOs like annotated JPA entities and you could use Hibernate.

    Can I easily access another database, like Microsoft SQL Server?

    Yes, provide the appropriate JDBC driver.

    Would Domain-Driven Design fit in the picture?

    I think it’s orthogonal.

    How much of an ADF application can be configured using a DI container like Spring?

    You can use Spring for the services and data access layer. See:

    What would I miss when I use my favorite IDE, say Eclipse, instead of JDeveloper?

    All the drag & drop stuff.

    Can I use Maven for ADF projects?

    It’s technically doable.

    In other words, what are the limits of freedom within ADF-land?

    I’ll let experts answer that with more details.

    Note that it still has to be an ADF application, not just a Java EE application that uses ADF Faces.

    Didn’t get that one.

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