If you are trying to use ADF BC components in SOA composite applications 11.1.1.3 release. You may face an error described in below OTN thread
This error is caused if you have not configured the
ServletADFFilter that ensures proper initialization of
ADFContext as described in below link
Here are the things that you need to perform in order to overcome this error
Open adf-config.xml file in notepad editor of project containing BC components which is located under <Jdev Home>\<Project Name>.adf\META-INF.
Add below filters just before </adf-config>
<filter>
<filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
<filter-class>oracle.adf.share.http.ServletADFFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>adfBindings</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
Deploy the project and now try to make use of these BC components.
By adding above adf-config.xml entry we are configuring the ServletADFFilter, to ensure the proper initialization of ADFContext while accessing ApplicationModule.
Do refer below link for more details
Thanks
AJ