Business Application Programming Interface definition
<business, application, programming> (BAPI) /bap'ee/ A set of
methods provided by an SAP business object.
Release 4.0 of SAP AG's R/3 system supports
object-oriented programming via an interface defined in
terms of objects and methods called BAPIs. For example if
a material object provides a function to check availability,
the corresponding SAP business object type "Material" might
provide a BAPI called "Material.CheckAvailability".
The definitions of SAP business objects and their BAPIs are
kept in an SAP business object repository. SAP provide
classes and libraries to enable a programming team to
build SAP applications that use business objects and BAPIs.
Supported environments include COM and Java.
The Open BAPI Network.
gives background information and lists objects and BAPIs.
(2002-08-30)
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