Sicf Tutorial Part3

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Copy the following code to your method

‘IF_HTTP_EXTENSION~HANDLE_REQUEST’.
It will execute the ‘GET_REST’ method to get the class we want to execute to get
or process the data.
METHOD IF_HTTP_EXTENSION~HANDLE_REQUEST.
******************************************************************
" VARIABLES
******************************************************************
DATA: LO_REST_CLASS TYPE REF TO ZIF_REST.
DATA: LO_ERROR TYPE REF TO CX_ROOT.
DATA: LV_REASON TYPE STRING.
******************************************************************
" GET THE CLASS OBJECT
******************************************************************
TRY.
LO_REST_CLASS ?= GET_REST( IO_SERVER = SERVER ).
******************************************************************
" EXECUTE THE RETRIEVED CLASS
******************************************************************
LO_REST_CLASS->HANDLE_REQUEST( ).
******************************************************************
" ERROR
******************************************************************
CATCH CX_ROOT INTO LO_ERROR.
LV_REASON = LO_ERROR->GET_TEXT( ).
SERVER->RESPONSE->SET_STATUS( CODE = 500
REASON = LV_REASON ).
ENDTRY.
ENDMETHOD.
Your class will now have the first two methods below. Add two new methods:
‘GET_EQUIPMENTS’ and ‘CONSTRUCTOR’.
Add the following parameters to ‘GET_EQUIPMENTS’. This will pass the request
and return the equipments we will retrieve.
Add the following parameters to ‘CONSTRUCTOR’. This will instantiate the class
when called upon.
Open method ‘HANDLE_REQUEST’. This method will be executed from the

handler class (‘ZCL_REST_TEST’).
It will first get the equipments which will be converted to a JSON String. The
String will then be added as output of this method.
METHOD ZIF_REST~HANDLE_REQUEST.
******************************************************************
Now open method ‘CONSTRUCTOR’ and add following code. This method will
instantiate the request and response when the class is called.
METHOD CONSTRUCTOR.
ME->ZIF_REST~RESPONSE = IO_RESPONSE.
ME->ZIF_REST~REQUEST = IO_REQUEST.
ENDMETHOD.
Now open method ‘GET_EQUIPMENTS’. This method will select an equipment

which number is equals to the header parameter.
METHOD GET_EQUIPMENTS.
******************************************************************
" VARIABLES
******************************************************************
DATA: LV_EQUI_NUMBER TYPE EQUNR.
******************************************************************
" GET HEADER PARAMETERS VALUE FROM URL
******************************************************************
LV_EQUI_NUMBER = ME->ZIF_REST~REQUEST->GET_FORM_FIELD('equnr').
UNPACK LV_EQUI_NUMBER TO LV_EQUI_NUMBER.
******************************************************************
" GET EQUIPMENTS SELECT
******************************************************************
SELECT EQUI~EQUNR, EQKT~EQKTX
FROM EQUI AS EQUI
LEFT OUTER JOIN EQKT AS EQKT ON EQKT~EQUNR EQ EQUI~EQUNR
INTO TABLE @ET_EQUIPMENTS
WHERE EQUI~EQUNR EQ @LV_EQUI_NUMBER
AND EQKT~SPRAS EQ 'E'.
ENDMETHOD.
5. Creating the class for a POST Request

Go to ‘SE24’ and create a new class ‘ZCL_REST_TEST_POST’ and add interface
‘ZIF_REST’.
DATA: LT_EQUIS TYPE TABLE OF TYPE_EQUI.
DATA: LR_DESERIALIZER TYPE REF TO CL_TREX_JSON_DESERIALIZER.

DATA: LV_JSON_BODY TYPE STRING.
DATA: LV_STRING_WRITER TYPE REF TO CL_SXML_STRING_WRITER.
DATA: LV_XSTRING TYPE XSTRING.
CREATE OBJECT LR_DESERIALIZER.
******************************************************************
" JSON TO ABAP DATA
******************************************************************
LV_JSON_BODY = ME->ZIF_REST~REQUEST->GET_CDATA( ).
LR_JSON_DESERIALIZER->DESERIALIZE(
EXPORTING
JSON = LV_JSON_BODY
IMPORTING
ABAP = LS_EQUI ).
APPEND LS_EQUI TO LT_EQUIS.
******************************************************************
" CREATE OBJECT
******************************************************************
"DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO HERE WITH THE DATA !!!
******************************************************************
" CONVERT INPUT TO JSON STRING
******************************************************************
LV_STRING_WRITER = CL_SXML_STRING_WRITER=>CREATE( TYPE = IF_SXML=>C
CALL TRANSFORMATION ID SOURCE ARRAY = LT_EQUIS RESULT XML LV_STRING
LV_XSTRING = LV_STRING_WRITER->GET_OUTPUT( ).
******************************************************************
" RETURN CREATED OBJECT AS RESPONSE (CONVENTION)
******************************************************************
ME->ZIF_REST~RESPONSE->SET_DATA( DATA = LV_XSTRING ).
ENDMETHOD.
Now open method ‘SET_RESPONSE’ and add following code. This method will be
executed when ‘HANDLE_REQUEST’ has finished. It will return the data as a
String.
Navigate to the ‘Hander List’ tab and add the handler we created
(‘ZCL_REST_TEST’).
Make sure you save the service properly.
Go back to the node list and right click the node you created and click ‘Activate
service’.
You’ll get the posted object as result.
That’s all there is to it. Thank you for reading and if there is any feedback or
comments at all, you should definitely let me know since this is the first blog I’ve
ever written.
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04/07/23, 12:26 Writing a SICF service | SAP Blogs

F 3. Creating a Handler Class

Copy the following code to your method

LO_REST_CLASS ?= GET_REST( IO_SERVER = SERVER ).

Open method ‘HANDLE_REQUEST’. This method will be executed from the

Now open method ‘GET_EQUIPMENTS’. This method will select an equipment

5. Creating the class for a POST Request

DATA: LT_EQUIS TYPE TABLE OF TYPE_EQUI.

DATA: LR_DESERIALIZER TYPE REF TO CL_TREX_JSON_DESERIALIZER.

CREATE OBJECT LR_DESERIALIZER.

APPEND LS_EQUI TO LT_EQUIS.

Make sure you save the service properly.

You’ll get the posted object as result.

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