Author: cerker

Use JBoss Forge to generate Hibersap Classes that call SAP Functions

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This blog post describes how to use JBoss Forge to easily generate interface classes for your Java application and use these classes with the Hibersap framework to connect to a SAP system. At the end of the post you will find a screen-cast showing you how easy and straight-forward it is to call SAP functions using the Hibersap-Forge-Plugin.

What is JBoss Forge?

Let’s take the description from the Forge homepage to answer this question:
JBoss Forge

A core framework and next-generation shell for tooling and automation at a command line level; with APIs for integration in IDEs, extending built in functionality with plugins, and scripting for automating repetitive tasks, Forge is a tool every open-source developer should be looking at.

A core framework for rapid-application development in a standards-based environment. Plugins / incremental project enhancement for Java EE, and more.

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Introducing Hibersap – Part 1: A simple application

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This is the first post in a new series about our open source framework Hibersap. You can use Hibersap in your Java applications to implement interfaces to SAP systems. Under the hood, Hibersap uses the SAP Java Connector version 3 or a JCA compatible resource adapter to connect to SAP. It makes use of Java annotations to map Java classes and fields to ABAP function modules and their parameters and offers a Hibernate-like API to remotely execute those function modules.

In this post we will develop a small sample application that shows Hibersap’s basic concepts. The following posts in this series will successively demonstrate other concepts like transactions, data type conversion, using resource adapters or testing Hibersap applications.
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