Binding the Data - Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide - page 132

attributeValues : The attributeValues item will map to the atributes of
the view object collecion. For example, the Empno atribute from the EmpVO
object is added to the binding secion as attributeValues . The data source
and the atribute are selected in the Create Atribute Binding wizard as shown
in the following screenshot:
button : The button control is there to control the bindings of the selected and the
unselected state of the radio buton. For example, if we want to map the selecion
of the radio buton to Yes and the unselected state to No , we can use the buton
item for the binding.
eventBinding : The eventBinding operaion is used to control the event for the
component. Contextual events use eventBindings to publish and subscribe to an
event. Contextual events are used to communicate between regions using events.
When using contextual events, we will use eventBinding to register the event.
We will refer to the event registered programmaically to raise it, and the subscriber
will look for the specific event raised and proceed with the process accordingly.
graph : While using data visualizaion components, we will use the graph binding.
Someimes, to express the results and overview of the progress or performance
analysis, we would like to display the result in graphical view. Graphical display
will get informaion from diferent data sources for which we will use the graph
binding. ADF data visualizaions components are used to display graphical data in
the UI. Some of the DVT components are displayed in the following screenshot: