ADF BC Property Set to Group Attribute Hints

There is one ADF BC component not mentioned often - Property Set. This is a bag of properties/hints, it can be applied for EO/VO attributes. Frequently used hints can be defined in Property Set once, without repeating the same for each attribute. This simplifies maintenance, if there will be a change required in the future - much easier to change it in single place. I will show below a practical example, where Property Set is applied for EO attribute to define a date type.

You can create Property Set with ADF BC wizard:


Property Set creation is really simple - provide a name and package:


It comes with a section to define Custom Properties. I will add two properties required to set date format - FMR_FORMAT and FMT_FORMATTER. I will be using EU format for the date (dd-MM-yyyy). The advantage of Property Set - you can define multiple sets for different date formats and apply them when required:


Select EO/VO attribute and choose Property Set, it will appear in the choice list:


Attribute is assigned with domain, pointing to the Property Set:


This is how it looks on UI - Hire Date field is correctly formatted, based on the format mask defined in Property Set:


Download sample application - PropertySetApp.zip.