The SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio provides a tool for comparing the metadata development objects of a Java Web Dynpro application. This section describes the project-type-specific information for Web Dynpro projects when using this tool.
When using this tool for Web Dynpro applications, it is not necessary for the Web Dynpro perspective to be open in the development environment. Of course, it may useful to be able to access the Web Dynpro tools after an object comparison so that you can make changes to the application directly. The tool is started in the Navigator or the Package Explorer .
The metadata comparison tool is operated in the same way for all the different project types. Information about using the design time tool is available under Metadata Comparison Tool . The main difference in the comparison process for the different project types is in the analysis of different metadata. The following lists the main nodes of the metadata trees displayed by the Web Dynpro metadata objects:
General metamodel objects
Diagrams
Main instances of templates
Dictionary objects
Lists
Logical dictionaries
Simple data types
Structures
Tables
Views
Web Dynpro objects
Application property definition sets
Applications
Component interface definitions
Components
Model types
Models
Proxy definitions
Project properties
User interface element libraries
View set definitions
During the comparison, the tool observes the values of the following object types:
Model entities
Associations
Aggregations