Table-Valued Functions in ORACLE 11g ? ( parameterized views )

No need for SYS_CONTEXT or cursor definitions.
You do need a type so that, when the SQL is parsed, it can determine which columns are going to be returned.
That said, you can easily write a script that will generate type and collection type definitions for one or more tables based on the data in user_tab_columns.

The closest is

create table my_table
(prodid number, a varchar2(1), b varchar2(1), 
  c varchar2(1), d varchar2(1), e varchar2(1));

create type my_tab_type is object
(prodid number, a varchar2(1), b varchar2(1), 
  c varchar2(1), d varchar2(1), e varchar2(1))
.
/

create type my_tab_type_coll is table of my_tab_type;
/

create or replace function get_some_data (p_val in number) 
return my_tab_type_coll pipelined is
begin
  FOR i in (select * from my_table where prodid=p_val) loop
    pipe row(my_tab_type(i.prodid,i.a,i.b,i.c,i.d,i.e));
  end loop;
  return;
end;
/

SELECT * FROM table(get_Some_Data(3));

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