ABAP

Java

XSD

ABAP

string (Length > 65535)

STRING

string (Length <= 65535)

CHAR

string with pattern="\d+"
(Length <= 65535)

NUMC

Boolean

Mapping to a character field of length 5 using the constants sai_true and sai_false (Type Pool: sai).

int

INT4

short

INT2

unsignedByte

INT1

date

DATS

time

TIMS

decimal with fractionDigits<=14, totalDigits<=31

DEC

Binary (Length <= 65535)

RAW

Binary (Length > 65535)

RAWSTRING

XSD

Equivalent in the ABAP Dictionary

<attribute> (local)

Structure field

<complexType> (global)

Structure

<complexType> (local)

Structure

<element maxOccurs="unbound">

Structure field and a table type

<element> (local)

Structure field

XSD-Element

Comments

<extension>
and abstract types

These elements cannot be converted.

substitutionGroup
and
<element abstract="true">

<redefine>

Limitation of value range
(<pattern>, <enumeration>, <maxInclusive>, <maxExclusive>, and so on)

These tags are not taken into consideration by the proxy runtime; checking these properties is part of the task for validating the schema.

Key relationships, uniqueness (<key>, <keyref>, <unique>, etc.)