Enhancement with Source Code Plug-ins

Your ABAP system contains source code-based repository objects of the SAP standard software. These objects can be enhanced by implementing source code plug-ins at predefined positions referred to as enhancement options. Using these options you change the behavior of a repository object without editing the object itself.

In ABAP Development Tools, the enhancement artifacts are displayed in the Project Explorer and can be opened in the SAP GUI.

Example of an enhancement folder display in the Project Explorer

The source code plug-ins are not directly displayed in the original source code.

In SAP NetWeaver 7.4 SP5 as well as 7.31 SP11 or higher, for the following ABAP repository objects and subobjects:

classes
class includes
programs
includes
function group main includes
function group includes
function modules

the source code plug-in marker in the ruler of the source code editor informs you that one or more source code plug-ins are added at the annotated enhancement option. Also, you can highlight the corresponding line in the source code – for example, with an underline, box, and so on. To do this, set the following preference: Start of the navigation path Window Next navigation step Preferences General Editors Text Editors Annotations Annotation Types ABAP Source Code Plug-ins Text as ... End of the navigation path

Source code plug-in marker that highlights an enhancement option in the ruler of the source code editor

The source code plug-in marker is shown for the following enhancement options:

Explicit enhancement options: Introduced by the ABAP statements ENHANCEMENT-POINT or ENHANCEMENT-SECTION
Implicit enhancement options: For example at the beginning or the end of a method implementation