RAP Actions — One Business Object, Two Contracts
One business object, two contracts - approve through the projection Z2UI5_C_SMPS_REQ or on the business object itself, and the handler records which one it was
Z2UI5_CL_SMPS_APP_020
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The facts
- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples-stack
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMPS_APP_020- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smps_app_020.clas.abap↗- Category
- RAP Actions & Permissions
- Minimum UI5
- 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
- In the playground
- needs a system — it opens for reading instead
- Runs on
- Cloud + Standard ≥ 8.16 (2025)
Keywords: rap, eml, projection, behavior, definition, contract, cl_abap_behv_aux, interface, consumer, approve
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.Column
- sap.m.ColumnListItem
- sap.m.HBox
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.m.Table
- sap.m.Text
- sap.m.Title
- sap.m.Toolbar
- sap.m.ToolbarSpacer
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
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
The ABAP
" @keywords rap eml projection behavior definition contract cl_abap_behv_aux interface consumer approve
" @summary One business object, two contracts - approve through the projection Z2UI5_C_SMPS_REQ or on the business object itself, and the handler records which one it was
"! <p class="shorttext synchronized">RAP Actions - One Business Object, Two Contracts</p>
"! A projection is a second contract on the same business object. Its
"! behavior definition z2ui5_c_smps_req exposes a SUBSET of what
"! z2ui5_r_smps_req offers - update and approve, nothing else:
"!
"! projection;
"! define behavior for z2ui5_c_smps_req alias Request
"! {
"! use update;
"! use action approve;
"! }
"!
"! EML works against both. What the projection does not expose cannot even be
"! written: an EXECUTE reject on z2ui5_c_smps_req does not compile.
"!
"! MODIFY ENTITIES OF z2ui5_c_smps_req
"! ENTITY request
"! EXECUTE approve FROM VALUE #( ( requestuuid = ... ) ) ...
"!
"! MODIFY ENTITIES OF z2ui5_r_smps_req
"! ENTITY request
"! EXECUTE approve FROM VALUE #( ( requestuuid = ... ) ) ...
"!
"! Both end in the same handler. It asks cl_abap_behv_aux which contract it
"! was called through and stores the answer in ApprovedVia - the column of the
"! list below.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smps_app_020 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF ty_s_request,
request_uuid TYPE string,
title TYPE string,
status TYPE string,
approved_via TYPE string,
is_new TYPE abap_bool,
END OF ty_s_request.
TYPES ty_t_request TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_request WITH EMPTY KEY.
DATA t_requests TYPE ty_t_request.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS on_event.
METHODS approve_via_projection.
METHODS approve_via_business_object.
METHODS data_save
RETURNING
VALUE(result) TYPE abap_bool.
METHODS data_read.
METHODS view_display.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smps_app_020 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
data_read( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( ).
on_event( ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_event.
CASE client->get_event( ).
WHEN `APPROVE_C`.
approve_via_projection( ).
WHEN `APPROVE_R`.
approve_via_business_object( ).
WHEN `REFRESH`.
data_read( ).
WHEN `GENERATE`.
client->message_toast_display( z2ui5_cl_smps_data_req=>data_reset( ) ).
data_read( ).
ENDCASE.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD approve_via_projection.
" the entity is the projection - this statement only compiles for what
" z2ui5_c_smps_req exposes
MODIFY ENTITIES OF z2ui5_c_smps_req
ENTITY request
EXECUTE approve FROM VALUE #( ( requestuuid = CONV #( client->get_event_arg( ) ) ) )
FAILED DATA(s_failed)
REPORTED DATA(s_reported).
IF s_failed-request IS NOT INITIAL.
ROLLBACK ENTITIES.
z2ui5_cl_smps_context=>msg_display( client = client val = s_reported-request ).
RETURN.
ENDIF.
IF data_save( ).
client->message_toast_display( `Approved through the projection Z2UI5_C_SMPS_REQ` ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD approve_via_business_object.
MODIFY ENTITIES OF z2ui5_r_smps_req
ENTITY request
EXECUTE approve FROM VALUE #( ( requestuuid = CONV #( client->get_event_arg( ) ) ) )
FAILED DATA(s_failed)
REPORTED DATA(s_reported).
IF s_failed-request IS NOT INITIAL.
ROLLBACK ENTITIES.
z2ui5_cl_smps_context=>msg_display( client = client val = s_reported-request ).
RETURN.
ENDIF.
IF data_save( ).
client->message_toast_display( `Approved on the business object Z2UI5_R_SMPS_REQ` ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD data_save.
" one save for both contracts - the transactional buffer belongs to the
" business object, the projection only shapes the access to it
COMMIT ENTITIES RESPONSE OF z2ui5_r_smps_req
FAILED DATA(s_failed)
REPORTED DATA(s_reported).
IF s_failed IS INITIAL.
result = abap_true.
data_read( ).
ELSE.
ROLLBACK ENTITIES.
z2ui5_cl_smps_context=>msg_display( client = client val = s_reported-request ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD data_read.
" read through the projection - it is a CDS view like any other
SELECT FROM z2ui5_c_smps_req "#EC CI_NOWHERE
FIELDS RequestUuid,
Title,
Status,
ApprovedVia
ORDER BY CreatedAt DESCENDING
INTO TABLE @DATA(t_result) UP TO 50 ROWS.
t_requests = VALUE #( FOR s_result IN t_result
( request_uuid = |{ s_result-requestuuid }|
title = |{ s_result-title }|
status = SWITCH #( s_result-status
WHEN 'N' THEN `New`
WHEN 'A' THEN `Approved`
WHEN 'R' THEN `Rejected` )
approved_via = |{ s_result-approvedvia }|
is_new = xsdbool( s_result-status = 'N' ) ) ).
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 - RAP Actions - 20 One Business Object, Two Contracts`
)->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 = `Approve a New request through the projection Z2UI5_C_SMPS_REQ or on the business object ` &&
`Z2UI5_R_SMPS_REQ - the same handler runs, asks cl_abap_behv_aux which contract called it ` &&
`and writes the answer into Approved via.`
)->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_requests )
)->a( n = `noDataText` v = `No requests yet - press Reset Demo Data` ).
table->ele( `headerToolbar`
)->ele( `Toolbar`
)->tag( `Title`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Requests (Z2UI5_C_SMPS_REQ)`
)->tag( `ToolbarSpacer`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `GENERATE` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `Reset Demo Data`
)->a( n = `tooltip` v = `Deletes every request the business object lets go of, then creates three new ones`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `REFRESH` )
)->a( n = `icon` v = `sap-icon://refresh`
)->a( n = `tooltip` v = `Refresh` ).
table->ele( `columns`
)->ele( `Column`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Title`
)->end(
)->ele( `Column`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Status`
)->end(
)->ele( `Column`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Approved via`
)->end(
)->ele( `Column`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Approve` ).
table->ele( `items`
)->ele( `ColumnListItem`
)->ele( `cells`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{TITLE}`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{STATUS}`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{APPROVED_VIA}`
)->ele( `HBox`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( val = `APPROVE_C` arg = `${REQUEST_UUID}` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `via projection`
)->a( n = `enabled` v = `{IS_NEW}`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiTinyMarginEnd`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( val = `APPROVE_R` arg = `${REQUEST_UUID}` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `on the business object`
)->a( n = `enabled` v = `{IS_NEW}` ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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