Understanding ORMIT™-OpenJava’s Oracle Forms compatibility service

Overview

The Oracle Forms compatibility service (OFCS) is a critical component in the ORMIT™-OpenJava architecture, designed by RENAPS to ensure compatibility with Oracle Forms features while embracing modern web standards. Its inclusion is intentional and allows for seamless handling of legacy Forms logic, centralized validation, and optimized code management.

Key Roles of the Oracle Forms compatibility service (OFCS)

1. Maintaining Oracle Forms Compatibility

OFCS ensures that the migrated application retains full compatibility with key Oracle Forms features, including:

• Items and fields rendering
• Built-in functions 
• Triggers
• All access permissions originally embedded in Oracle Forms

This ensures that even after migrating to a modern web platform, the user experience and business logic remain consistent with the original Oracle Forms behavior.

2. Symmetrical Data Validation

OFCS acts as the unified business logic layer, ensuring that all data validation rules are applied identically in both the frontend and backend. This prevents duplication of validation logic and ensures consistent enforcement of business rules across all layers.

3. Single Source of Business Logic

With OFCS acting as a central processing point, business logic is written once and reused across both:

• The frontend (for client-side validation and behavior)
• The backend (for transactional processing and database interaction)

This drastically reduces development overhead, eliminates inconsistencies, and aligns with modern software engineering principles.

 

Summary Table: Technological Components of ORMIT™-OpenJava

Architecture Component	Description
Backend - Java Spring Boot (REST API)	The backend serves as the core of the application, responsible for handling data persistence, authentication, authorization, and API exposure. Exposes REST APIs, handles transactions, manages persistence via JDBC Connection (such as HikariCP). Our Backend can interact (when/if needed) with the Oracle Forms compatibility service (OFCS).
Frontend – React or Angular (UI Layer)	The frontend provides an intuitive and dynamic user interface for interacting with the application. Modern user interface, handles presentation and user interactions.

 

 

Key Benefits for Customers

• Preserves Oracle Forms business logic and access control without rewriting everything from scratch.
• Prevents duplication of validation and business rules between frontend and backend.
• Modern, decoupled architecture enabling better scalability and maintainability.
• Streamlined development process with a single source of truth for business logic while ensuring to maintain all past investments in Oracle Forms business logic intact.

Final Note

This unique approach ensures that ORMIT™-OpenJava delivers not just a technical migration, but a future-proof, cloud-ready architecture that retains the value of your existing Oracle Forms investment while embracing the flexibility and scalability of modern web technologies.