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Looking for abap refactoring tool

Sandra_Rossi — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:36:48 GMT

Hello all,

I'd like to develop some abap refactoring tools (for renaming variables, forms, methods, etc.)

Do you know if a tool already exist?

Optionally, it would be able to do enhanced refactoring, like putting a portion of code out of a form (or any block), etc.

The only complexity I see for this tool is to be able to analyze all possible abap statements (ie determining where are the variables in each statement, and what usage (readable/writeable) it implies for these variables.

Or did you develop something close?

Thx!

sandra

Re: Looking for abap refactoring tool

matt — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:01:14 GMT

As far as I am aware, there are no such tools. What refactoring there is, is limited. Go for it!

matt

Re: Looking for abap refactoring tool

Sandra_Rossi — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:19:33 GMT

Refactoring tool exists now in release 7.1 [ABAP Keyword Documentation u2192 ABAP Changes by Release u2192 Changes in Release 7.1 u2192 Tools in Release 7.1|http://help.sap.com/abapdocu/en/ABENNEWS-710-TOOLS.htm#!ABAP_MODIFICATION_2@2@]

Re: Looking for abap refactoring tool

Former Member — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:30:58 GMT

Hi Sandra,

I dont think there is any existing tools provided by SAP to finding out 'Where User' the method or variable name etc...

Thanks,

Chidanand

Re: Looking for abap refactoring tool

Sandra_Rossi — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:57:34 GMT

15 years after I asked this question, we have now of course Eclipse ADT which allows renaming methods, variables, attributes, etc. (not obsolete things like subroutines, etc.)