Understanding the Model Layer - Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide - page 76

6. Save the EmpDirectoryModule . xml file:
What just happened?
We have now added a view link to the applicaion module. The view link instance
represented in the EmpDirectoryModule applicaion module can now be used.
In the previous screenshot, the EmpVO1 instance is added directly to the applicaion module
that will display all the employee informaion. The EmpVO3 instance that was added under
DeptVO1 will display only the employee records that match with the Deptno atribute.
For example, if the user is interested in department number 10, then the employees whose
deptno value is 10 is iltered and shown to the user. The view link is essenial to ilter out the
informaion from the child module and display only the relevant data from the master data.