The XCO Generation APIs are the part of the XCO library that allows the programmatic creation, update and deletion of ABAP repository objects. It consists of high-level and strongly typed APIs for the following objects types:
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BDEF (Behavior definitions)
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CLAS (Classes)
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DCLS (Access controls)
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DDLS (Data definitions)
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DDLX (Metadata extensions)
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DEVC (Packages)
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DOMA (Domains)
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DTEL (Data elements)
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FUGR (Function groups)
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INTF (Interfaces)
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MSAG (Message classes)
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SRVB (Service bindings)
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SRVD (Service definitions)
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TABL (Structures, database tables and global temporary tables)
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TTYP (Table types)
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XSLT (Transformations)
The following kinds of operations are supported:
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POST Create the object according to a provided specification
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PUT Create or update the object according to a provided specification
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PATCH Update the object according to a provided specification
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DELETE Delete the object
The matrix below shows which kinds of operations are supported for which object types:
|
|
PUT |
POST |
PATCH |
DELETE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BDEF |
X |
|
|
X |
|
CLAS |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
DCLS |
X |
|
|
X |
|
DDLS |
X |
|
|
X |
|
DDLX |
X |
|
|
X |
|
DEVC |
X |
|
|
X |
|
DOMA |
X |
|
|
X |
|
DTEL |
X |
|
|
X |
|
FUGR |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
INTF |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
MSAG |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
SRVB |
X |
|
|
X |
|
SRVD |
X |
|
|
X |
|
TABL |
X |
|
|
X |
|
TTYP |
X |
|
|
X |
|
XSLT |
X |
|
|
X |