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Dynamic Programming in ABAP

Keith Mayerle (Keith.V.Mayerle@Accenture.com)
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The Application . The Development Soap Box

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SAP Tables with Pricing Conditions The Development Soap Box

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case table.
when A951.
select from a951
when A952.
select from a952

etc.
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SELECT * INTO TABLE <table>

FROM ( condition table from Driver )
WHERE (different qualifiers for customer vs. hierarchy conditions )

We can create our <table> dynamically

data: l_ref type ref to data.
create data l_ref type table of ( condition table from Driver ).
ASSIGN l_ref->* to <table>.

But we need to:

distinguish customer Condition Tables from hierarchy Conditions tables
do extra data formatting such as getting Material descriptions where appropriate
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Run Time Type Services (RTTS) The Development Soap Box

cl_abap_typedescr

cl_abap_datadescr

cl_abap_elemdescr

cl_abap_refdescr

cl_abap_complexdescr

cl_abap_structdescr

cl_abap_tabledescr

cl_abap_objectdescr

cl_abap_classdescr

cl_abap_intfdescr
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Debugging our Program .

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The CL_ABAP_STRUCTDESCR Object has an attribute called COMPONENTS

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Declare the data

data: l_descr type ref to cl_abap_structdescr.

Create the object

l_descr?=cl_abap_typedescr=>describe_by_name(
condition table from Driver ).

Accessing the table of components

loop at l_descr->componentsassigning<comp_wa>.

if <comp_wa>-name = KUNNR.
add KUNNR qualifier to SQL WHERE clause
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Create structure descriptor Object from table of components

go_sdescr = cl_abap_structdescr=>create( gt_components ).

Create table descriptor object from structure descriptor Object

go_tdescr = cl_abap_tabledescr=>create( go_sdescr ).

Create data reference from Object

CREATE DATA gr_tabref TYPE HANDLE go_tdescr.

Produce an itab from the data reference

ASSIGN gr_tabref->* TO <gt_itab>.
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Run Time Type Services (RTTS):

1. Run Time Type Information (RTTI)
2. Run Time Type Creation (RTTC)

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