Search Results is_valid_target

Overview

OKS_RENCON_PUB is a public (PUB-classified) package body owned by the APPS schema in Oracle E-Business Suite. The name follows the Oracle Service (OKS) module naming convention, where "RENCON" denotes renewal contract processing and the "PUB" suffix designates the package as part of the public API layer. In EBS release 12.1.1 and 12.2.2, such packages exist to expose a stable, supported call surface to external callers — Oracle Forms, concurrent programs, workflows, and customer-written extensions — while delegating the real implementation work to a private companion package.

The documented source reveals that OKS_RENCON_PUB is effectively a thin wrapper shell. Its body contains a single comment-delimited function, IS_VALID_TARGET, whose entire implementation is a pass-through invocation of the private package oks_rencon_pvt. The body then ends immediately. In other words, at the documented revision the package exposes no active executable logic of its own.

Key Procedures and Functions

The ETRM metadata lists zero active documented procedures or functions for this package body. The header source does reference one routine, but it is enclosed in a block comment and therefore not compiled into the unit:

• IS_VALID_TARGET — documented only as a commented-out function taking a single target identifier and returning a BOOLEAN. Its body simply called the identically named routine in oks_rencon_pvt and returned that result. Because the lines are commented out, the routine is not callable in the delivered package; any caller resolving IS_VALID_TARGET against OKS_RENCON_PUB will fail with a compile or runtime resolution error.

The practical consequence for a developer who searched for "is_valid_target" is that the public entry point has been retired, and the surviving logic — if any — resides in the private package OKS_RENCON_PVT. Custom code should not assume the public wrapper remains available.

Tables Accessed

No tables are documented as referenced through APPS synonyms for OKS_RENCON_PUB. This is consistent with the source: the only candidate routine forwards to oks_rencon_pvt without issuing any SQL of its own, and it is commented out in any case. Any renewal-contract validation against service or contract tables is therefore performed inside the private package, not here. The public package body performs no direct DML and no direct queries.

Usage Notes

OKS_RENCON_PUB is classified as a public API package, so in principle it would be the sanctioned entry point for renewal-contract target validation. In practice, the delivered body contains no live code, which leads to several usage cautions:

• Do not invoke IS_VALID_TARGET on OKS_RENCON_PUB in custom code for R12.1.1 or R12.2.2; the routine is commented out and the package will not resolve the call.
• Where renewal target validation is required, development should reference the private implementation package OKS_RENCON_PVT directly, while recognizing that private packages carry no support guarantee across patches.
• Concurrent programs, service forms, and workflow activities that historically relied on this public wrapper should be re-verified after any OKS patch application, since the wrapper may be reintroduced or permanently removed.
• Because a PUBLIC synonym and EXECUTE grant typically accompany PUB-classified packages, the symbol may still be visible in ALL_OBJECTS even though it exposes no usable call surface.

In summary, OKS_RENCON_PUB at the documented revision is a deprecated or placeholder wrapper. Developers should treat its removal of IS_VALID_TARGET as authoritative and route renewal-contract validation logic to the corresponding private package, after confirming the private signature in the target environment.