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Serialize ABAP type

Former Member

‎2016 Apr 29 5:09 PM

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Is there any way to serialize an ABAP type not defined in the ABAP dictionary dictionary (local type) and restore it later? I need to save it in the XML along with the data to be able to restore them later. Thank you.

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larshp
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‎2016 Apr 30 9:46 AM

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Following should work on version 702 and above:

  METHOD from_xml.

    CALL TRANSFORMATION id

      SOURCE XML iv_xml

      RESULT 'DATA' = rs_something.

  ENDMETHOD.

  METHOD to_xml.

    CALL TRANSFORMATION id

      SOURCE 'DATA' = is_something

      RESULT XML rv_xml.

  ENDMETHOD.

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Former Member
In response to larshp

‎2016 Apr 30 12:26 PM

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The main problem that I do not know the xml data structure, that is why I am going to serialize also a type. In your example 'rs_something' should have specific type.

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larshp
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In response to larshp

‎2016 Apr 30 2:32 PM

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yes, it depends on your overall setup. If rs_something is a CHANGING parameter it can have a generic type, so the caller can decide the type. Guess you know a bit about the type either from the code calling the serialization routines, or via filename or something else?