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JSON Binding in ABAP Release 7.40, SP02

From ABAP release 7.40 SP02, ABAP supports the handling of JSON data and the transformation of ABAP data to JSON and back. For more information, see ABAP and JSON.

This enhancement has also been ported to releases 7.02 and 7.31.

1. JSON-XML

2. asJSON

3. JSON and CALL TRANSFORMATION

4. JSON and escape

Modification 1  

JSON-XML

JSON-XML is a special XML format that enables JSON data to be described using an XML representation. A new format, IF_SXML=>CO_XT_JSON, has been added to the sXML Library, which enables JSON data to be processed using JSON-XML.

Modification 2  

asJSON

The canonical JSON representation asJSON defines a mapping between ABAP types and JSON. This is used in serializations and deserializations using the identity transformation ID.

Modification 3  

JSON and CALL TRANSFORMATION

JSON data can be specified in various forms as an XML source in the statement CALL TRANSFORMATION and a JSON writer can be specified as target. The identity transformation ID supports JSON by using asJSON. More information is available in Transformations for JSON.

Modification 4  

JSON and escape

The escape function escape supports the new format E_JSON_STRING for replacing special characters in JSON.