How to define xstring in java?

[Former Member]

Hello,

I have a question for the JCo library:

I would like to use the Jco to execute a rfc-programm in SAP BW to write data directly into an DSO.

Therefore I got a small programm where I try to trigger "RSDRI_ODSO_INSERT_RFC" from SAP BW.

To submit data it uses an xstring as parameter.

Now I'm not sure how to define the xstring parameter in Java. If I read it right, the xstring is an byte sequence. Is this right?

So can I use a simple byte array in java for the parameter? Does anyone have a simple example how I can give some data as paramter to an xstring parameter in java, so that the ABAP application server will work with it?

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards

Stefan

[HAL9000 · Accepted solution]

Hi Stefan,

yes, an XSTRING is a raw byte array and you can use a Java byte[] type to fill in the values.

Please see the JCo API JavaDoc at class com.sap.conn.jco.JCoRecord for further info.

The first row in the shown table [method "Object getValue()"] tells which is the default Java type representation for the various ABAP RFC types.

So simply use JCoRecord.getByteArray([index|name]) and JCoRecord.setValue([index|name], byte[] value) for the appropriate XSTRING field.

Best regards,

Stefan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Stefan,

thank you, that helps a lot

Best Regards

Stefan