SAP ABAP ASJSON documentation, setup help and example usage

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asJSON - Canonical JSON Representation
The canonical XML representation asXML is the format of JSON data that is produced by a serialization of ABAP data using the identity transformation ID , or that is required for a deserialization using the identity transformation.
asJSON is based closely on asXML
. From a conceptional perspective, a asJSON representation is produced by a restructuring of the asXML representation of this ABAP data to a JSON-XML representation, while keeping all value content. This means the same basic rules apply as for asXML . In particular, XML schema data types for the mapping of ABAP data types are also used in
asJSON .
Description of the asJSON format:

General asJSON Format

Mapping of ABAP Data Types

Notes

asJSON only occurs in the identity transformation ID . In particular, asJSON is not generally needed for self-written transformations for JSON ; JSON-XML is used directly instead.

A JSON-XML representation of asJSON is known as asJSON-XML . asJSON-XML is not used as an intermediate format in transformations, but the

asJSON-XML associated with a asJSON representation can be created to analyze it and compare it with asXML .