Business Application Programming Interface
<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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