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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:

       1.      General metamodel objects

                            a.      Diagrams

                            a.      Main instances of templates

       2.      Dictionary objects

                            b.      Lists

                            c.      Logical dictionaries

                            d.      Simple data types

                            e.      Structures

                              f.      Tables

                            g.      Views

       3.      Web Dynpro objects

                            h.      Application property definition sets

                              i.      Applications

                              j.      Component interface definitions

                            k.      Components

                              l.      Model types

                          m.      Models

                            n.      Proxy definitions

                            o.      Project properties

                            p.      User interface element libraries

                            q.      View set definitions

 

During the comparison, the tool observes the values of the following object types:

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       4.      Model entities

       5.      Associations

       6.      Aggregations

 

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