BOR vs ABAP OO

[Mike Pokraka]

Hi Sherie, 

The good news: BOR is going to be around for some time. As long as SAP use
BOR in their own workflows you can continue to extend their objects. 

The better news: OO is much nicer because you can design the class and
methods and pawn the coding of your business methods off to any ABAPer. No
need to understand containers, BOR macros and workflow. As in "I need a
method X with import parameter Y that does ABC and returns Z". ABAPer writes
method, you plug it into a task, bind in Y and get back Z. Done. 

The bad (?) news: There's a learning curve to be able to create the basic
workflow-useable class so start with. 

The good news: It's not that difficult, just different. Jocelyn's blogs on
SDN are great, and there's also a new course BIT611 from SAP that
specifically covers OO and workflow which would probably be a great asset
for you. 

Cheers, 
Mike



> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On
> Behalf Of Munday,Sherie J.
> Sent: 19 April 2008 02:58
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: BOR vs ABAP OO
> 
> 
> Fellow WUGers,
> 
> I am a little concerned on the conversation around BOR vs ABAP OO.  In
> our company we have used workflow rather extensively in HR, LSO, and a
> bit in other areas as well.  As many of you know I am not an ABAP
> programmer (I dabble a bit in extending objects, etc) and we use the
> BOR
> objects for all our flows.  Our philosophy has always been to take
> advantage of the standard offerings as much as possible with as little
> programming as possible to minimize maintenance on upgrades etc.  I'm
> sure that is not real popular with the consultants, but it has profited
> our company to date.  Is SAP planning to discontinue support of the BOR
> objects?  Should I take a course in ABAP OO to be able to use workflow
> in the future?  I'd appreciate your input.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sherie
> 
> Sherie Munday
> Workflow Developer/ Analyst
> Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
> 
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