Sample composite applications

The sample applications demonstrate Composite Application Framework architecture and features. They are fully functional and illustrate the functionality you can use to build real-world applications. You can use them as a starting point for your own applications.

Concepts
A suite of composite applications that demonstrate fundamental Composite Application Framework features.
  • Setting and getting values in various contexts

  • Passing messages from one tile to another

  • Saving data to and retrieving it from the Experience Server

  • Different ways to provide navigation

Dashboard
Illustrates various techniques you can use to develop a composite application. Using this sample, you can experience how to work with tiles, style sheets, and skins. For example, some of the skins in the sample add scrolling and fading to tiles. The applications also illustrate how the Composite Application Framework SDK can add and remove views, panels, and tiles using the view manager and the API. The application include some basic examples of using the AnnotationParseEvent that the SDK provides and contexts, which allow tiles to communicate with each other.

SalesDesktop
Illustrates using Flex effects in skins, stylesheets and tiles to create a rich interactive experience.

StockService
A suite of composite applications that demonstrates how to work with services. Each application focuses on a specific area of configuration and highlights the various features of services configuration and tile packaging that are available to a developer.

To install the sample composite applications, see Installing ADEP Experience Services.

After you install the sample applications, use the following URL to access them: http://[host name]:[port]/content/start/caf.html. For example, http://localhost:4502/content/start/caf.html.