SAP NEWS-70-XML documentation, setup help and example usage

XML Interface in Release 7.0

1 Enhancements to ST
2 Changes to CALL TRANSFORMATION


ABAP_MODIFICATION_1 Enhancements to ST

The following changes were made to the syntax for simple transformations :
New statements tt:type , tt:node , and tt:front for the definition of types in the ST program.
New attribute type for tt:root for the typing of data roots.
In type definitions and typings, string and xstring can now be also be entered as elementary ABAP types, and lengths can be specified for c and x .
New statement tt:extensible for controlling the extensibility of literal XML elements.
Generalization of the term "pattern" for conditional transformations.
See the ST Command Overview .

ABAP_MODIFICATION_2 Changes to CALL TRANSFORMATION

In the statement CALL TRANSFORMATION
, the dynamic specification of parameters after the addition
PARAMETERS has been enhanced by the option of entering the following table types:
ABAP_TRANS_OBJ_BIND_TAB for the specification of data references
ABAP_TRANS_OBJBIND_TAB for the specification of object references.