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What is Difference between Java and ABAP?

srinivasarao_kambala4 — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:21:23 GMT

What is Difference between Java and ABAP?

Re: What is Difference between Java and ABAP?

Former Member — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:27:02 GMT

refer to this link:

for ABAP:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/fc/eb2c46358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid21_gci214441,00.html

Java:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/getStarted/intro/definition.html

regards,

madhu

Re: What is Difference between Java and ABAP?

Former Member — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:36:10 GMT

Hi...

Putting across the simple differentiator,

ABAP is the programming language for SAP whereas Java is a programming language of SUN Microsystems.

Seeing it from SAP perspective, the SAP R/3 system has a ABAP stack and a Java Stack. Any process cusutomisation on the R/3 will be done by ABAP whereas the Java stack is used for providing a wrapper on top of your R/3 system which gives the flexibility of using SAP Netweaver components like Portal...

Thanks,

Karthik

Re: What is Difference between Java and ABAP?

Former Member — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:12:27 GMT

HI,

What I reckon is, ABAP is one of the 4th generation query language where you can create reports, creating Function modules.etcfor certain business scenarios. Where as Java is strictly an Object oriented programming language.Eg: you can see your yahoo mail or any other site, most of them are created using JSP' or some other tools. these are all Java based.

SAP has combined the advantages of both ABAP and JAVA to come up with a new product called Netweaver.

Feel free to revert.

Re: What is Difference between Java and ABAP?

Former Member — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:48:46 GMT

Hi,

A very common question.

Let me make it clear.

Both of them are programming languages.Despite the fact that both are platform independent, ABAP is a query based language and the other is a pure object oriented language.

ABAP is the core for SAP as it's R/3 system are developed using this ABAP language.

SAP decided to move ahead in this world and included ITS into it's product.

Slowly the realised the importance of going web-based, and hence decided to move in the steps of web services so that all the transaction based interactions can move in the form of web services being deployed.

Then they came up with a product called NetWeaver which can have both the JAVA stack and the ABAP stack.

Hope it helps you to know the background and resolves your query.

reward with points.( 10 if it helps you.)

Re: What is Difference between Java and ABAP?

Former Member — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:00:19 GMT

Here is a good .pdf that talks about this, although it's more about similarities.

ABAP151:

ABAP Objects for Java Developers

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/25a3df90-0201-0010-10b6-9712397c22fd

-Greg

Re: What is Difference between Java and ABAP?

former_member764931 — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 06:37:44 GMT

sir what does the stack mean