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Overview

ARI_DEF_HOOKS_PVT is a private PL/SQL package body in the APPS schema belonging to the Oracle Receivables (AR) module, as indicated by the ARI_ prefix. It is classified as a PVT (private) API, meaning it is an internal implementation package not intended for direct invocation by external or customer code. The package implements default hook logic used within Oracle Receivables transaction processing, providing a centralized point at which defaulting behavior for dispute activity, payment application, and printing can be validated and controlled.

The object's status is VALID in the ETRM metadata for both Oracle EBS 12.1.1 and 12.2.2, and it is not referenced by any other database object. This absence of inbound dependencies confirms that ARI_DEF_HOOKS_PVT is a leaf-level utility package invoked only at runtime by its owning subsystem or by sibling Receivables packages that are not catalogued as dependents. Because it is designated private, Oracle does not publish its interface for extension or customization; supported extensions in this area are normally performed through Receivables user hooks and descriptive flexfield mechanisms rather than by calling this package directly.

Key Procedures and Functions

The published metadata documents three procedures within this package body:

• VALIDATE_DISPUTE — Encapsulates validation logic associated with dispute handling in Receivables. It is the hook invoked when dispute-related processing requires default or validation checks before a dispute action proceeds.
• VALIDATE_PAYMENT — Encapsulates validation logic associated with payment processing. It serves as the hook point for validating payment-related data during defaulting or processing flows.
• VALIDATE_PRINT — Encapsulates validation logic governing print operations. It acts as the hook consulted when a print or output action is evaluated against defined default rules.

Parameter lists are not published in the ETRM metadata and are deliberately not reproduced here. Consistent with the PVT naming and the "DEF_HOOKS" designation, these procedures serve as internal validation and defaulting hooks rather than as callable public APIs; each encapsulates a discrete business rule decision point, returning control to the calling Receivables process after applying its validation outcome.

Tables Accessed

The documented metadata records no directly referenced application tables via APPS synonyms for this package body. The recorded dependencies are limited to infrastructure objects:

• FND_LOG — the Oracle Application Object Library logging utility, used to write debug and diagnostic messages under the standard FND logging framework.
• FND_PROFILE — the profile option access package, used to retrieve system and user profile values that control hook behavior and enable conditional defaulting or validation logic.
• STANDARD — the standard SYS PL/SQL package, providing fundamental language constructs relied upon by the body.

The reliance on FND_PROFILE indicates that the behavior of the validation hooks is profile-driven, permitting functional administrators to modulate default and validation outcomes through profile option settings without code changes. The absence of documented application table access further supports the package's role as a control and validation layer rather than a data manipulation layer.

Usage Notes

ARI_DEF_HOOKS_PVT is an internal package and is not exposed for direct call by forms, concurrent programs, or custom code. In practice it is invoked by Receivables transaction, payment, and dispute processing flows at defined hook points, where the VALIDATE_DISPUTE, VALIDATE_PAYMENT, and VALIDATE_PRINT procedures apply defaulting rules and validation checks before the invoking process continues. Because the package is documented as referenced by zero other database objects, it should be regarded as a terminal implementation detail of the Receivables defaulting framework.

Customizations requiring changes to dispute, payment, or print validation in Oracle EBS should be delivered through supported extension mechanisms and profile options that this package consults, rather than through modification of ARI_DEF_HOOKS_PVT itself. Debugging output for these hooks is available through the FND_LOG infrastructure, and administrators can trace hook behavior by enabling the relevant FND logging level for the Receivables subsystem. Any alteration to the package body risks invalidating the object and is unsupported.