A Java-based interface can be used to allow a Java client or application to access an application view component. An application view component can provide an interface to an application or enterprise system, using a resource adapter to expose functionality in the enterprise system. A Java-based interface for the resource adapter can allow the Java client to access the application view component. The interface can be a design-time graphical user interface, which can include a set of Java server pages and can be Web-based. The interface can allow a Java client to access the application view component in order to accomplish a task such as creating, defining, deploying, and testing the application view component. Each of these tasks can have their own page in the interface, such as a Java server page.