ADF UI: UI Elements Data Without VO

1- Managed Bean:

• Steps:
• Highlight the UI Element you dropped from component palette  
• Go to property inspector -> Advanced tab
• Edit binding to an attribute (say xAttr) in bean
• In setXAttr add the default value by xAttr.setValue(Object);

2- POJO data control

• Steps:
• Make a new java class in model project
• Make properties you want (ex: name, age) and set the default values
• Generate properties accessors (right-click -> Generate Accessors)
• Right-Click in code and select 'Generate Data Control'
• You now can use binding to set and get values

3- Variable Binding

• Steps:
• Go to executable tab in binding screen 
• Right-Click in variables and select from insert in variables a variable 
• Add variable name and type
• Select the variable and in property inspector add it's default value
• Highlight the UI Element you dropped from component palette  
• Select Value property from general tab in property inspector
• add binding to the variable you created