BUSINESS APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
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(BAPI) /bap'ee/ A set ofmethods provided by an SAP business object.Release 4.0 of SAP AG's R/3 system supportsobject-oriented programming via an interface defined interms of objects and methods called BAPIs. For example ifa material object provides a function to check availability,the corresponding SAP business object type "Material" mightprovide a BAPI called "Material.CheckAvailability".The definitions of SAP business objects and their BAPIs arekept in an SAP business object repository. SAP provideclasses and libraries to enable a programming team tobuild SAP applications that use business objects and BAPIs.Supported environments include COM and Java.The Open BAPI Network(http://sap.com/solutions/technology/bapis/index.htm).gives background information and lists objects and BAPIs.
By Denis Howe
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