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Today I browsed through some nice sessions  on the Oracle ADF Framework . I heard from the framework but not know what I can expect from the Framework and how it is related to SOA and Fusion Middleware. The Framework is actually quite big and implements the Model-View-Controller  architectural pattern which makes GUI development easier to develop and maintain. Oracle sets it as "next generation" Web User Interfaces for Fusion Applications Middleware components like Enterprise Manager WebCenter Spaces The next picture shows an overview of the components of ADF. So I asked myself how is this Framework to be positioned with Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle BPM Suite and Oracle Service Bus? The next picture shows its place. In my view within a SOA 5-layering architecture: ADF can perfectly be used within the development of the presentation layer. The OSB is generally used as an abstraction between all 5 layers. This means that all Services (Task Services, Entity Services an...