ABAP Objects (Hardcover)

1 ... Introduction ... 17 ... 1.1 ... About this Book ... 18 ... 1.2 ... Sample Application and Technical Prerequisites ... 21 2 ... Designing Application Systems ... 23 ... 2.1 ... Requirements ... 24 ... 2.2 ... General Architectural Considerations ... 39 ... 2.3 ... Using the Standard SAP System ... 49 3 ... Application Object ... 51 ... 3.1 ... What Is an Application Object? ... 52 ... 3.2 ... Modeling the Application Object at the Database Level ... 56 ... 3.3 ... Implementing Object Persistence ... 75 ... 3.4 ... Transaction Concept ... 95 ... 3.5 ... Best Practices ... 102 4 ... Classes, Interfaces, and Exceptions ... 113 ... 4.1 ... Advantages of ABAP Objects ... 114 ... 4.2 ... Exceptions ... 116 ... 4.3 ... Basic Principles of Object-Oriented Design ... 122 ... 4.4 ... Classic Modularization Units ... 130 ... 4.5 ... Best Practices ... 132 5 ... Application Architecture ... 135 ... 5.1 ... Requirements for Application Architecture ... 135 ... 5.2 ... Software Structuring from a Technical Perspective ... 137 ... 5.3 ... How To Structure a Software System ... 141 ... 5.4 ... Package Concept ... 148 ... 5.5 ... Composition of Packages ... 161 ... 5.6 ... Best Practices ... 179 6 ... Application Layer ... 187 ... 6.1 ... Application Logic ... 188 ... 6.2 ... Customizing ... 196 ... 6.3 ... Search Services ... 204 ... 6.4 ... Workflows ... 209 7 ... GUI Programming ... 229 ... 7.1 ... Ergonomic Examples and Dialog Standards ... 230 ... 7.2 ... Table Maintenance Dialog and View Cluster ... 238 ... 7.3 ... Area Menus ... 258 ... 7.4 ... Object-Oriented Screen Programming ... 261 ... 7.5 ... Web Dynpro ... 306 ... 7.6 ... Best Practices ... 327 8 ... SAP Business Partner ... 331 ... 8.1 ... Background Information ... 331 ... 8.2 ... Business Partner Extension ... 336 ... 8.3 ... SAP Locator Extension ... 369 ... 8.4 ... Key Transactions ... 388 9 ... Application Programming Techniques ... 391 ... 9.1 ... Implementing the Application Log ... 392 ... 9.2 ... Parallel Processing of Applications ... 417 ... 9.3 ... Key Transactions ... 445 10 ... Information Acquisition ... 447 ... 10.1 ... SAP Service Marketplace ... 447 ... 10.2 ... ABAP Keyword Documentation ... 450 ... 10.3 ... SAP Design Guild ... 451 ... 10.4 ... Internal Workings of AS ABAP ... 451 ... 10.5 ... Knowledge Management ... 459 ... 10.6 ... Key Transactions ... 461 A ... Managing Development Projects ... 465 ... A.1 ... Roles in Development Projects ... 465 ... A.2 ... Quality Management ... 467 B ... ibliography ... 487 C ... List of Quotations ... 491 D ... The Authors ... 493