How to Bounce Apache or OC4J for OAF Development

login to your instance with putty or any other software

cd $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME

R12

adoacorectl.sh stop
adoacorectl.sh start
adoacorectl.sh status(optional)

11i

sh $COMMON_TOP/admin/scripts/adapcctl.sh stop
sh $COMMON_TOP/admin/scripts/adapcctl.sh start

OAF Server和Form Server是不同的，所以重启Apache Server不会影响Form Server.
Bouncing the Apache or OC4J will impact only the self service pages.It won't bounce the form server.

Bouncing Apache will not disconnect the connected users from the application. In case you stop Apache only, new sessions will not be allowed, and you will get an error if you try to access any self service page for the connected sessions.

Reference:

https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1038862