Change Class content from a report

[Former Member]

Dear friends,

The requirement is to replace some content "ABC" with "XYZ" in all classes (or even from a list of classes taken from user input.

Is it possible to do this programatically from a report?

Thanks!
Rohan

[retired_member]

What is "class content"? If it is source code why don't you simply read SAP's documentation and especially all the warnings there. Since it seems that you are not too experienced with that stuff, I'd say: Hands off!

[Former Member]

Thanks, Horst. And, thanks for the warning!

[bertrand_delvallee]

Hello,

That seems a desperate solution but it's doable.

Please, have a look at this thread :

https://archive.sap.com/discussions/thread/90787

Whatever solution you will choose, you should really consider changing "XYZ" by a call to a static method / class constant instead of a raw value.

Best regards

[Former Member]

Thanks, Bertrand. Will follow up that trail.

[Former Member]

I would go further and instead of modifying this value direct in code, modify the method to read from a table or something like that and then you would not need to change this in the code afterwards.

[matt]

Yes. If a global change like this is required, it's an indication of poor programming to begin with.

[Former Member]

<grins> and ducks.....

[Former Member]

I know, I know. This is for a poc we're working on, where we're trying to switch frameworks. Just an option that must eventually be struck off, but not before knowing the possibilities.