JCo vs Web Service to Access ABAP RFM

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I wish to know the pros & cons of using JCo vs Web Service to Access ABAP RFM. Our scenario is to access the data from ABAP DDIC using BAPI/RFM from Java using JCo/JRA or Web Services.

Jco underlying uses RFC to talk to ABAP whereas WebServices uses SOAP.

What is SAP's direction for this. How does this scale for large datasets.

Thanks,

Raghav

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Raghav,

I suggest you to use JCO.

Using JCO, you can access the remote fnction module in SAP.

JCO also has its own defined types for Structure and Tables corresponding to Structures and Tables in ABAP.

Also, its easier to use.

I have some documents on JCO which I shall send you.

Let me know your email address.

Regards,

Tanveer.

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[Former Member]

Hi raghav,

Both JCO and web services have got pros and cons for using them. JCO will be faster then a web service call and on the other side a web service will adher to the SOA standard so that your application can be adapted to whereas environments. I think if you want a fatser application and need to transfer a lot of data through it then you should use a JCo based approach other using web services is always a better approach.

Hope this helps you,

Guru.

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