Procedural Approach Vs Object-Oriented Approach in SAP ABAP
Below are some of the differences between procedural and object-oriented programming in SAP ABAP:
Features |
Procedural Approach |
Object – Oriented Approach |
---|---|---|
1. Structure |
In procedural programming in SAP ABAP, the code is organized around procedures and functions. |
OOP in SAP ABAP is organized around classes and objects. Classes define both data (attributes) and behavior (methods), and objects are instances of classes. |
2. Code Reusability |
In procedural programming in SAP ABAP, codes are less reusable. |
OOP allows for inheritance, where new classes can be derived from existing classes, inheriting their attributes and methods. This leads to code reuse and the creation of specialized classes. |
3. Function Name |
In procedural programming in SAP ABAP, we can not have more than one function with same name. |
OOP Polymorphism allows different classes to have methods with the same name but different behaviors. |
4. Maintenance |
In procedural Programming Language in SAP ABAP, maintenance of codes can be more challenging. |
OOP can make maintenance easier because classes are self-contained and changes to one class are less likely to affect other parts of the codebase. It leads to modular and reusable code. |
5. Real World |
Procedural programming in SAP ABAP is based on the unreal world. |
Object-oriented approach is based on the real world. |
SAP ABAP | Object Orientation
The SAP ecosystem creates applications with the programming language SAP ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) t is created by SAP which is a domain-specific language, it is the 4th generation programming language. It is also called ABAP/4(Fourth Generation Language” or 4GL). mainly for enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. The introduction of Object Orientation in ABAP increased the language’s capabilities and brought it in line with modern programming paradigms.