In the Navigation Model of a WebCenter Portal application (11g), there is an option to define a navigation resource by "external link". In a normal case, you should NOT define any internal JSPX page using this option, but only if there is a need to navigate to a third party site - by what the name means, an external link. The internal JSPX page should be added to the Navigation Model by the "page" type. The impact of defining internal JSPX page as an external link is, the redundant memory footprint due to the ADF control state token recreations every time this external link is clicked. ADF control token is an identifier used by the Controller to track user's state so that all in process task flows for the same user can be retrieved. Normally, this ADF control state should be not recreated for the same user. With the external link type, the navigation behaves like entering the application in a blank new context so every navigation with external link type will ...
To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.