Interoperability of Java-based applications and SAP´s business framework state of the art and desirable developments

Author

Aleksy, Markus ; Korthaus, Axel

Author_Institution

Mannheim Univ., Germany

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

190

Lastpage

200

Abstract

As the leading vendor of enterprise business standard software, SAP has recognized the need to adapt their R/3 system to current trends in software development and to meet market needs for speed of development, flexibility, openness and interoperability. We first present SAP´s approach to object oriented and component based technology by describing the Business Framework, the concepts of Business Objects, BAPIs, and the Business Object Repository. On this basis, we then analyze current communication architectures and products enabling the interaction of external Java based software applications with SAP R/3, point out the advantages and disadvantages of different solutions and finally elaborate on potential strategies and steps for driving the evolution of SAP R/3 in order to further increase interoperability openness and flexibility

Keywords

Java; application program interfaces; business communication; business data processing; distributed object management; object-oriented programming; open systems; BAPIs; Business Framework; Business Object Repository; Java based applications; R/3 system; SAP R/3; SAP business framework; communication architectures; component based technology; enterprise business standard software; external Java based software applications; interoperability; market needs; software development; Control systems; Electrical capacitance tomography; Encapsulation; Human resource management; Java; Resource management; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Objects and Applications, 1999. Proceedings of the International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0182-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DOA.1999.794024

Filename

794024