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| Preface from SAP | |
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| Preface from SHS Informationssysteme AG | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What is ABAP Objects? | |
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| Target readership | |
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| How to read this book | |
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| How to use this book in practice | |
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| Syntax conventions | |
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| A Practical Introduction | |
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| Introduction | |
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| First steps with the ABAP Workbench | |
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| Getting started with the ABAP Workbench | |
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| Working with the Object Navigator | |
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| The first program | |
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| ABAP syntax | |
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| General program structure | |
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| Insert: a "Hello World!" program | |
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| View of the first application program | |
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| Copying programs | |
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| Creating a screen | |
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| Dialog modules in the ABAP program | |
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| Working with the ABAP Debugger | |
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| Creating a GUI status | |
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| The data interface between the program and screen | |
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| A classical main program | |
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| Creating a class | |
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| Working with objects | |
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| Working with global classes | |
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| Final steps | |
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| Resources | |
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| Final comments on the practical introduction | |
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| Basics of ABAP Programming | |
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| The environment of an ABAP program | |
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| The architecture of an SAP System | |
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| ABAP programs in the client-server architecture | |
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| The SAP Basis System | |
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| The ABAP runtime environment | |
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| ABAP programs in the runtime environment | |
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| ABAP program structure | |
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| Processing blocks | |
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| Program types | |
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| Screens | |
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| Program execution | |
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| Calling programs internally | |
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| Ending ABAP programs | |
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| Memory organization of ABAP programs | |
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| Basic ABAP Language Elements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Data types and data objects | |
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| Introduction to the ABAP type concept | |
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| The ABAP type hierarchy | |
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| Built-in elementary data types | |
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| Data types and data objects local to the program | |
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| Data types in the ABAP Dictionary | |
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| Flat and deep data types | |
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| Generic data types for typings | |
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| Data objects in detail | |
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| Operations and expressions | |
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| Assigning values | |
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| Type conversions | |
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| Numeric operations | |
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| Logical expressions | |
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| Control structures | |
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| Conditional branches | |
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| Loops | |
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| Processing character strings | |
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| Operations with character strings | |
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| Comparing character strings | |
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| Addressing subfields | |
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| Field symbols and data references | |
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| Field symbols | |
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| Data references | |
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| Internal tables | |
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| Defining internal tables | |
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| Working with internal tables | |
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| Internal tables with header rows | |
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| Extract datasets | |
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| Error handling in ABAP programs | |
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| Statically identifiable errors | |
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| Runtime errors | |
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| The ABAP Programming Models | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The classical (procedural) programming model | |
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| Modularization | |
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| Excursion: source code modularization | |
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| Visibility and lifetime of data | |
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| The object-oriented programming model | |
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| How do we define object-orientation? | |
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| Classes | |
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| Objects and object references | |
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| More on defining and calling methods | |
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| Summary and outlook | |
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| Advanced Concepts of Object-Oriented Programming with ABAP Objects | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Inheritance | |
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| Basic principles | |
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| Syntax for subclasses | |
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| Visibility sections and namespaces in inheritance | |
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| Method redefinition | |
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| Abstract classes and methods | |
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| Final classes and methods | |
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| Static components in inheritance | |
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| Constructors in inheritance | |
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| Object references in inheritance | |
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| Polymorphism through inheritance | |
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| Interfaces | |
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| Basic principles | |
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| Definition of interfaces | |
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| Implementing interfaces in classes | |
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| Composing interfaces | |
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| Alias names for interface components | |
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| Interface references | |
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| Polymorphism through interfaces | |
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| Interfaces and inheritance | |
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| Events | |
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| Defining and triggering events | |
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| Handling events | |
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| Global classes and interfaces | |
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| Class pools and interface pools | |
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| Creating global classes | |
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| Testing global classes | |
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| Using global classes | |
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| Programming Screens | |
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| General screens | |
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| What are screens? | |
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| Defining screens | |
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| Calling screens and screen sequences | |
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| User actions on screens | |
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| Dialog module and data transport | |
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| Input checks | |
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| Field and input helps | |
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| An example transaction | |
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| Selection screens | |
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| What are selection screens? | |
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| Why selection screens? | |
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| Defining selection screens | |
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| Calling selection screens | |
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| Selection screen processing | |
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| User actions on selection screens | |
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| Classical lists | |
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| What are classical lists? | |
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| Classical lists prior to the advent of ABAP Objects | |
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| Classical lists in ABAP Objects | |
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| Creating classical lists | |
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| Displaying classical lists | |
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| User actions on classical lists | |
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| Classical list processing and detail lists | |
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| Example of classical list processing | |
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| Sending lists to the SAP spool system | |
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| Messages | |
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| Creating messages | |
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| Sending messages | |
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| Message Processing | |
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| Advanced screen techniques | |
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| Context menus you program yourself | |
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| Drop-down boxes | |
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| Classical controls | |
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| GUI controls | |
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| Working with External Data | |
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| Database access | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Defining database tables in the ABAP Dictionary | |
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| Editing data with Open SQL | |
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| Consistent data retention | |
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| Special sections on database access | |
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| File interfaces | |
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| Files on the application server | |
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| Files on the presentation server | |
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| Storing data as clusters | |
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| Data clusters in the ABAP Memory | |
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| Data clusters in database tables | |
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| Data clusters in cross-transaction application buffers | |
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| Authority checks | |
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| Authorizations and authorization objects | |
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| Evaluating authorization objects | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Appendix A | |
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| The key flight data model tables | |
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| Glossary | |
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| ABAP system fields | |
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| Literature | |
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| Installing the SAP Mini Basis System | |
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| System requirements | |
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| Preliminary remark | |
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| Installing the application server and the database | |
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| Installing the SAP GUI (front end) | |
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| Starting the SAP System | |
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| Configuring the SAPLogon and calling the SAP GUI | |
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| Logging on to the SAP System | |
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| Generating example data | |
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| Linking the Basis Documentation to the SAP Library | |
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| License | |