Introduction

This chapter explores useful recipes related to Web Dynpro for ABAP. The Web Dynpro Development framework may be accessed using the transaction code SE80. Then, from the listbox on the left pane, select Web Dynpro. We will start with a discussion of the interfaces generated in Web Dynpro components.

Within a Web Dynpro component, a number of controllers exist, such as the component controller, the window controller, and the view controller. We may add our own attributes and methods to the various controllers. Each controller has a private interface (local interface) generated during design time. From the transaction code SE80 and Web Dynpro selected, you may use the menu path Goto | Controller Interface to see the details of this interface.

For the component controller the name of the interface is IF_COMPONENTCONTROLLER. For the view controller, the name of this interface is of the format IF_<VIEWNAME>, and for the window controller it is IF_<WINDOWNAME>.

The attribute...