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Downloads an editable table as a CSV file built in plain ABAP, and the same CSV together with a text note packed into one ZIP archive with cl_abap_zip.

Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_542

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The facts

Repository
abap2UI5/samples
Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_542
Source file
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_542.clas.abap ↗
Category
File
Learning path
Reach outside the view
Minimum UI5
1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
In the playground
runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed
Marked
(A) — Performs a frontend action: client->follow_up_action( ), or drag and drop

Keywords: zip, cl_abap_zip, csv, export, download_b64_file, base64, xstring, utf-8, itab

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Read out of the builder chain by the abap2UI5 linter, not from the category this sample is filed under — which is what makes “which samples build one of these” a question the catalogue can answer at all.

Libraries

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Nothing is installed and nothing is sent anywhere: the ABAP is compiled to JavaScript in this browser and runs against abap2UI5 itself.

The ABAP

z2ui5_cl_smp_app_542.clas.abap — 302 lines Read it on GitHub ↗
" @keywords zip cl_abap_zip csv export download_b64_file base64 xstring utf-8 itab
" @summary Downloads an editable table as a CSV file built in plain ABAP, and the same CSV together with a text note packed into one ZIP archive with cl_abap_zip.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_542 DEFINITION PUBLIC.

  PUBLIC SECTION.
    INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.

    TYPES:
      BEGIN OF ty_s_product,
        id       TYPE string,
        name     TYPE string,
        quantity TYPE i,
        price    TYPE p LENGTH 9 DECIMALS 2,
      END OF ty_s_product.
    DATA t_products TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_product WITH EMPTY KEY.
    DATA note       TYPE string.

  PROTECTED SECTION.
    DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.

    METHODS on_init.
    METHODS on_event.
    METHODS view_display.

    METHODS csv_build
      RETURNING
        VALUE(result) TYPE string.

    METHODS csv_field
      IMPORTING
        val           TYPE string
      RETURNING
        VALUE(result) TYPE string.

    METHODS file_download
      IMPORTING
        name    TYPE string
        mime    TYPE string
        content TYPE xstring.

    " Both wrap a pair of classes that do the same job under different names:
    " the first is the ABAP Cloud one, the second the classic on-premise one.
    " Called dynamically so the class that is missing on a system is a caught
    " runtime error instead of a syntax error at activation.
    METHODS base64_encode
      IMPORTING
        val           TYPE xstring
      RETURNING
        VALUE(result) TYPE string.

    METHODS string_to_xstring
      IMPORTING
        val           TYPE string
      RETURNING
        VALUE(result) TYPE xstring.

  PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.


CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_542 IMPLEMENTATION.


  METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.

    me->client = client.
    IF client->check_on_init( ).
      on_init( ).
    ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
      view_display( ).
    ELSEIF client->check_on_event( ).
      on_event( ).
    ENDIF.

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD on_init.

    " the second and third name hold the separator and quotes on purpose -
    " the CSV has to escape them
    t_products = VALUE #(
        ( id = `P-001` name = `Notebook Basic 15`  quantity = 3  price = `956.00` )
        ( id = `P-002` name = `Cable "USB-C"; 2 m` quantity = 25 price = `9.90` )
        ( id = `P-003` name = `Monitor 27"`        quantity = 4  price = `289.00` )
        ( id = `P-004` name = `Wireless Mouse`     quantity = 12 price = `24.50` ) ).
    note = `Stock list exported from abap2UI5.`.

    view_display( ).

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD on_event.

    TRY.

        IF client->check_on_event( `DOWNLOAD_CSV` ).
          file_download( name = `products.csv` mime = `text/csv` content = string_to_xstring( csv_build( ) ) ).

        ELSEIF client->check_on_event( `DOWNLOAD_ZIP` ).

          DATA(zip) = NEW cl_abap_zip( ).
          zip->add( name = `products.csv` content = string_to_xstring( csv_build( ) ) ).
          zip->add( name = `note.txt`     content = string_to_xstring( note ) ).

          file_download( name = `export.zip` mime = `application/zip` content = zip->save( ) ).
        ENDIF.

      CATCH cx_root INTO DATA(error).
        client->message_box_display( text = error->get_text( ) type = `error` ).
    ENDTRY.

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD csv_build.

    " a header line, then one line per row - separator ;, lines end in CRLF
    result = |ID;Name;Quantity;Price\r\n|.

    LOOP AT t_products INTO DATA(product).
      result = result && |{ csv_field( product-id ) };{ csv_field( product-name ) };| &&
                         |{ csv_field( |{ product-quantity }| ) };{ csv_field( |{ product-price }| ) }\r\n|.
    ENDLOOP.

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD csv_field.

    " RFC 4180: a value holding the separator, a quote or a line break is
    " enclosed in quotes, and every quote inside it is doubled
    result = val.

    IF result CA |;"\r\n|.
      result = |"{ replace( val = result sub = `"` with = `""` occ = 0 ) }"|.
    ENDIF.

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD file_download.

    " download_b64_file takes a base64 data URL and the name the browser
    " saves it under
    client->follow_up_action(
        val   = client->cs_event-download_b64_file
        t_arg = VALUE #( ( |data:{ mime };base64,{ base64_encode( content ) }| ) ( name ) ) ).

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD base64_encode.

    DATA lv_class TYPE string.

    TRY.
        lv_class = `CL_WEB_HTTP_UTILITY`.
        CALL METHOD (lv_class)=>(`ENCODE_X_BASE64`)
          EXPORTING
            unencoded = val
          RECEIVING
            encoded   = result.

      CATCH cx_root.
        lv_class = `CL_HTTP_UTILITY`.
        CALL METHOD (lv_class)=>(`ENCODE_X_BASE64`)
          EXPORTING
            unencoded = val
          RECEIVING
            encoded   = result.
    ENDTRY.

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD string_to_xstring.

    DATA lo_conv  TYPE REF TO object.
    DATA lv_class TYPE string.

    TRY.
        lv_class = `CL_ABAP_CONV_CODEPAGE`.
        CALL METHOD (lv_class)=>create_out
          RECEIVING
            instance = lo_conv.

        CALL METHOD lo_conv->(`IF_ABAP_CONV_OUT~CONVERT`)
          EXPORTING
            source = val
          RECEIVING
            result = result.

      CATCH cx_root.
        lv_class = `CL_ABAP_CONV_OUT_CE`.
        CALL METHOD (lv_class)=>create
          EXPORTING
            encoding = `UTF-8`
          RECEIVING
            conv     = lo_conv.

        CALL METHOD lo_conv->(`CONVERT`)
          EXPORTING
            data   = val
          IMPORTING
            buffer = result.
    ENDTRY.

  ENDMETHOD.


  METHOD view_display.

    DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory(
        )->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
            )->a( n = `displayBlock` v = `true`
            )->a( n = `height`       v = `100%`
            )->a( n = `xmlns`        v = `sap.m`
            )->a( n = `xmlns:mvc`    v = `sap.ui.core.mvc` ).

    DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
        )->ele( `Page`
            )->a( n = `title`          v = `abap2UI5 - File - ZIP and CSV Download with cl_abap_zip`
            )->a( n = `showNavButton`  b = client->check_app_prev_stack( )
            )->a( n = `navButtonPress` v = client->_event_nav_app_leave( ) ).

    page->tag( `MessageStrip`
        )->a( n = `text`     v = `Download CSV turns the table into a CSV file in plain ABAP - separator ;, values with a ` &&
                   `separator or a quote enclosed in quotes, CRLF line ends - encoded as UTF-8. Download ZIP packs that CSV ` &&
                   `and the note as note.txt into one archive with cl_abap_zip. Both reach the browser via download_b64_file.`
        )->a( n = `type`     v = `Information`
        )->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
        )->a( n = `class`    v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).

    DATA(table) = page->ele( `Table`
        )->a( n = `items` v = client->_bind( t_products )
        )->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).

    table->ele( `headerToolbar`
        )->ele( `OverflowToolbar`
            )->tag( `Title`
                )->a( n = `text` v = `Products - edit a cell, then download` ).

    table->ele( `columns`
        )->ele( `Column`
            )->tag( `Text`
                )->a( n = `text` v = `ID`
        )->end(
        )->ele( `Column`
            )->tag( `Text`
                )->a( n = `text` v = `Name`
        )->end(
        )->ele( `Column`
            )->tag( `Text`
                )->a( n = `text` v = `Quantity`
        )->end(
        )->ele( `Column`
            )->tag( `Text`
                )->a( n = `text` v = `Price` ).

    table->ele( `items`
        )->ele( `ColumnListItem`
            )->ele( `cells`
                )->tag( `Input`
                    )->a( n = `value` v = `{ID}`
                )->tag( `Input`
                    )->a( n = `value` v = `{NAME}`
                )->tag( `Input`
                    )->a( n = `value` v = `{QUANTITY}`
                )->tag( `Input`
                    )->a( n = `value` v = `{PRICE}` ).

    page->ele( `VBox`
        )->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin`
        )->tag( `Label`
            )->a( n = `text`     v = `Note (note.txt in the ZIP)`
            )->a( n = `labelFor` v = `note`
        )->tag( `TextArea`
            )->a( n = `id`    v = `note`
            )->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( note )
            )->a( n = `rows`  v = `3`
            )->a( n = `width` v = `100%` ).

    page->ele( `footer`
        )->ele( `OverflowToolbar`
            )->tag( `ToolbarSpacer`
            )->tag( `Button`
                )->a( n = `text`  v = `Download CSV`
                )->a( n = `icon`  v = `sap-icon://download`
                )->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `DOWNLOAD_CSV` )
            )->tag( `Button`
                )->a( n = `text`  v = `Download ZIP`
                )->a( n = `icon`  v = `sap-icon://attachment-zip-file`
                )->a( n = `type`  v = `Emphasized`
                )->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `DOWNLOAD_ZIP` ) ).

    client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).

  ENDMETHOD.

ENDCLASS.

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