Can any one explaing about serializable interface.

1)why we need serializable interface,when there is no methods in that interface.

http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/core/basic/serializationFAQ.jsp#whyserial
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/serialization/spec/serial-arch.html#4539

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TOR AND AVAILANBILITY CHECK
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a) One time delivery:
If the user chooses one time delivery and the order Quantity is 100 units system confirms 50 units then systems automatically confirms as a zero. If the user saves the document with the zero confirm qty then system   trace the sales order as aback order (V_RA), which can be confirmed later by RESCHEDULLING (V_V2).
b) Complete Delivery:
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c) Delivery Proposal:
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CONFIGURATION SETTINGS FOR TOR:
Define Requirement Class:
Path: Img  S&D  Basic functions  Availability Check & Transfer of requirements  Transfer of requirements    Define Requirement classes
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Define Requirement Types:
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It will go to Item category only, otherwise
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Configuration setting:-
Availability check with ATP logic or against planning:-
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Summarized requirement Records: That means system creates requirement records under certain condition in the material master record. There are 2 type of summarized requirement record:
Summarized requirement records for each day.
Summarized requirement records for each week
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     A-single record per day
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When 2 users tries to confirm the quantities for the sales order for same material at a time system will be confused to confirm the quantities both sales orders. So has to avoid this kind of situation we can block the materials from confirming the quantities for 2 users at a check, check block
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& plant = checking group of availability check: 02
D) Carry out for Availability check:
Here we define checking rule for the Availability check & allocate them to the checking group. The checking rules specify the scope of the availability check. For a respective transaction, means which planned receipts & planned issues systems has to taken into consideration and also it determines whether system has to take RLT into consideration.
*Select checking group of availability check-02, checking rule=01
*Go to details icon, & check which planned receipts & planned issues system has taken into consideration for availability check
*save it, exit.
E) Define procedure by Requirement class:
Here we define requirement class whether on availability check & TOR should be carried out the setting that we carries out at requirement class level they are at global level. There settings automatically copied into define from of requirement class and vice versa.
*Choose requirement class: 041 & check availability check & TOR (requirement)
F) Define procedure for each schedule line category:
Here we carry out fine tuning setting for availability check at schedule line category level. Here we define whether system has to carry out Availability check for particular transaction.
Ex: - if we want to implement availability check w/o TOR for a particular transaction. According to settings at requirement class level TOR & availability check function activate & those setting will be copied into the schedule time category by default, so that at schedule line category level we deactivated TOR
G) Determine procedure for each Delivery Item category:
Here we switch on or switch off availability check functions of a delivery item category
*choose item category TAN. & specify the appropriate value.
H) Checking group for updating back orders:
Here we assign checking group to a plant that rule specifies for individual application, according to which the availability check is carried out;
I) Define Default settings:
Here we define the result of the availability check.
*Choose your sales Area, & check fixed dates& Qty options & specify D or E
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E- Dialog box in the shortages (delivery proposal).
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Distributed R/3 scenarios with asynchronous connections using Application Link Enabling (ALE)
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Syntax
FIELD-SYMBOLS <fs> { typing | STRUCTURE struc DEFAULT dobj }.
Extras:
1. ... typing
2. ... STRUCTURE struc DEFAULT dobj
Effect
The FIELD-SYMBOLS statement declares a field symbol <fs>. The naming conventions apply to the name fs. The angle brackets of the field symbols indicate the difference to data objects and are obligatory. You can declare field symbols in any procedure and in the global declaration section of an ABAP program, but not in the declaration section of a class or an interface. You can use a field symbol in any operand position in which it is visible and which match the typing defined using typing.
After its declaration, a field symbol is initial - that is, it does not reference a memory area. You have to assign a memory area to it (normally using the ASSIGN statement) before you can use it as an operand. Otherwise an exception will be triggered.
Addition 1
... typing
Effect
You can use the addition typing to type the field symbol. The syntax of typing is described under Syntax of Typing. The typing specifies which memory areas can be assigned to the field symbol (see Checking the Typing) and in which operand positions it can be used.
Note
You can omit the addition typing outside of methods. In this case, the field symbol has the complete generic type any and is implicitly assigned the predefined constant space during the declaration.
Addition 2
... STRUCTURE struc DEFAULT dobj
Effect
If you specify the addition STRUCTURE instead of typing for a field symbol, and struc is a local program structure (a data object, not a data type) or a flat structure from the ABAP Dictionary, this structure is cast for the field symbol <fs>. You have to specify a data object dobj that is initially assigned to the field symbol.
The field symbol copies the technical attributes of structure struc as if it were completely typed. When you assign a data object using the addition DEFAULT, or later using ASSIGN, its complete data type is not checked in non- Unicode programs. Instead, the system merely checks whether it has at least the length of the structure and its alignment.
In Unicode programs, we differentiate between structured and elementary data objects. For a structured data object dobj, its Unicode fragment view has to match the one of struc. In the case of an elementary data object, the object must be character-type and flat, and struc must be purely character-type. The same applies to assignments of data objects to field symbols typed using STRUCTURE when using the ASSIGN statement.
Note
Field symbols declared using the addition STRUCTURE are a mixture of typed field symbols and a utility for casting structured data types. You should use the additions TYPE or LIKE for the FIELD-SYMBOLS statement to type field symbols, while the addition CASTING of the ASSIGN statement is used for casting.
Example
The first example shows the obsolete usage of the addition STRUCTURE.
DATA wa1 TYPE c LENGTH 512.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <scarr1> STRUCTURE scarr DEFAULT wa1.
<scarr1>-carrid = '...'.
The second example shows the replacement of STRUCTURE with the additions TYPE and CASTING.
DATA wa2 TYPE c LENGTH 512.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <scarr2> TYPE scarr.
ASSIGN wa2 TO <scarr2> CASTING.
<scarr2>-carrid = '...'.
Also,
Field Symbols
Field symbols are placeholders or symbolic names for other fields. They do not physically reserve space for a field, but point to its contents. A field symbol cam point to any data object. The data object to which a field symbol points is assigned to it after it has been declared in the program.
Whenever you address a field symbol in a program, you are addressing the field that is assigned to the field symbol. After successful assignment, there is no difference in ABAP whether you reference the field symbol or the field itself. You must assign a field to each field symbol before you can address the latter in programs.
Field symbols are similar to dereferenced pointers in C (that is, pointers to which the content operator * is applied). However, the only real equivalent of pointers in ABAP, that is, variables that contain a memory address (reference) and that can be used without the contents operator, are reference variables in ABAP Objects.
All operations programmed with field symbols are applied to the field assigned to it. For example, a MOVE statement between two field symbols moves the contents of the field assigned to the first field symbol to the field assigned to the second field symbol. The field symbols themselves point to the same fields after the MOVE statement as they did before.
You can create field symbols either without or with type specifications. If you do not specify a type, the field symbol inherits all of the technical attributes of the field assigned to it. If you do specify a type, the system checks the compatibility of the field symbol and the field you are assigning to it during the ASSIGN statement.
Field symbols provide greater flexibility when you address data objects:
If you want to process sections of fields, you can specify the offset and length of the field dynamically.
You can assign one field symbol to another, which allows you to address parts of fields.
Assignments to field symbols may extend beyond field boundaries. This allows you to address regular sequences of fields in memory efficiently.
You can also force a field symbol to take different technical attributes from those of the field assigned to it.
The flexibility of field symbols provides elegant solutions to certain problems. On the other hand, it does mean that errors can easily occur. Since fields are not assigned to field symbols until runtime, the effectiveness of syntax and security checks is very limited for operations involving field symbols. This can lead to runtime errors or incorrect data assignments.
While runtime errors indicate an obvious problem, incorrect data assignments are dangerous because they can be very difficult to detect. For this reason, you should only use field symbols if you cannot achieve the same result using other ABAP statements.
For example, you may want to process part of a string where the offset and length depend on the contents of the field. You could use field symbols in this case. However, since the MOVE statement also supports variable offset and length specifications, you should use it instead. The MOVE statement (with your own auxiliary variables if required) is much safer than using field symbols, since it cannot address memory beyond the boundary of a field. However, field symbols may improve performance in some cases.
check the below links u will get the answers for your questions
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fc/eb3860358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm
http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/teaching/sap_r3/ABAP4/field_sy.htm
http://searchsap.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid21_gci920484,00.html
Syntax Diagram
FIELD-SYMBOLS
Basic form
FIELD-SYMBOLS <fs>.
Extras:
1. ... TYPE type
2. ... TYPE REF TO cif
3. ... TYPE REF TO DATA
4. ... TYPE LINE OF type
5. ... LIKE s
6. ... LIKE LINE OF s
7. ... TYPE tabkind
8. ... STRUCTURE s DEFAULT wa
The syntax check performed in an ABAP Objects context is stricter than in other ABAP areas. See Cannot Use Untyped Field Symbols ad Cannot Use Field Symbols as Components of Classes.
Effect
This statement declares a symbolic field called <fs>. At runtime, you can assign a concrete field to the field symbol using ASSIGN. All operations performed with the field symbol then directly affect the field assigned to it.
You can only use one of the additions.
Example
Output aircraft type from the table SFLIGHT using a field symbol:
FIELD-SYMBOLS <PT> TYPE ANY.
DATA SFLIGHT_WA TYPE SFLIGHT.
ASSIGN SFLIGHT_WA-PLANETYPE TO <PT>.
WRITE <PT>.
Addition 1
... TYPE type
Addition 2
... TYPE REF TO cif
Addition 3
... TYPE REF TO DATA
Addition 4
... TYPE LINE OF type
Addition 5
... LIKE s
Addition 6
... LIKE LINE OF s
Addition 7
... TYPE tabkind
Effect
You can define the type of the field symbol using additions 2 to 7 (just as you can for FORM parameters (compare Defining the Type of Subroutine Parameters). When you use the ASSIGN statement, the system carries out the same type checks as for USING parameters of FORMs.
This addition is not allowed in an ABAP Objects context. See Cannot Use Obsolete Casting for FIELD SYMBOLS.
In some cases, the syntax rules that apply to Unicode programs are different than those for non-Unicode programs. See Defining Types Using STRUCTURE.
Effect
Assigns any (internal) field string or structure to the field symbol from the ABAP Dictionary (s). All fields of the structure can be addressed by name: <fs>-fieldname. The structured field symbol points initially to the work area wa specified after DEFAULT.
The work area wa must be at least as long as the structure s. If s contains fields of the type I or F, wa should have the structure s or at least begin in that way, since otherwise alignment problems may occur.
Example
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DATA SBOOK_WA LIKE SBOOK.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <SB> STRUCTURE SBOOK
DEFAULT SBOOK_WA.
WRITE: <SB>-BOOKID, <SB>-FLDATE.
Related
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Can any one explain me about bursting in bi publisher

hi all
can any one explain me about bursting in bi publisher
i need with small example with screen shots
Thanks
Sreedhar

Hi,
http://blogs.oracle.com/BIDeveloper/2009/03/bursting_1.html
look into this http://www.strsoftware.com/blogs/oracle/2009/12/how-to-burst-and-deliver-documents-from-bi-publisher-enterprise/
Thanks,
Srikanth

Can any one explain me about Listeners in Java

Hi,
Can any one explain the Listeners concept in Java??
Will that work like net send in Windows NT??
How can we achieve the net send type of messaging in an Intenet application??
Is there any possibility??
Please help me out...
Thanks in advance,
Chaitanya.

The idea is that the "observable" object holds a list of listening classes which conform to a given interface. When an event occurs it walks the list calling a specific method in all the listeners with whatever parameters are suitable to speficy the event. Very often the listeneing objects are inner classes of some larger class which implement whatever effect the event is to have on the larger class.
Anyonymous inner classes are a convenient abbreviation here.
Usually the observable class has methods called add???Listener and
remove???Listener to add and remove listeners from it's list. There's also often a protected method called fire???Listeners (where ??? is the event type).
So for instance:
public interface DirtyListener {
   public void dirtyChanged(boolean to);
class DataModule {
   private Set dirtListeners = new HashSet(10);
   public void addDirtyListener(DirtyListener d) {
      dirtListeners.add(d);
   public void remiverDirtyListeners(DirtyListener d) {
      dirtListeners.remove(d);
   public void fireDirtyListeners(boolean to) {
      Iterater it;
      for(it = dirtyListeners.iterator(); it.hasNext();)
         ((DirtyListener)it->next()).dirtyChanged(to);
class ObservingClass {
    DateModule data = new DataModule();
    data.addDirtyListener(new DirtyListener() {
      public void dirtyChanged(boolean to) {
        saveButton.setEnabled(to);

HT1349 my ipad has had all data and media deleted, i switch it on an it just shows that i n eed a connection to itunes, i went to the itunes site but could find nothing about reinstalling onto my ipad 2 can any one please help me

my i pad has all the data and media deleted, it now shows me a diagram for connection to i tunes, I have visited i tunes but cannot find anywhere, that tells me to download to reinstall for my i pad can any one help me?

You need to restore your iPad from iTunes. This assumes that you have a backup of your iPad either in iTunes or iCloud.
Start iTunes.
Plug in your iPad using the USB cable.
Click on the iPad in the left hand column under "Devices".
In the "Summary" tab, there are options to Back up, Update and Restore.
Choose Restore and let it run.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

URGENT : can any one please give me BAPI related material

Hi there,
please help me i am a new learner to BAPI i dont know any thing about it can any one please send me the BAPI related material and also related videos or screen cams if available.

http://www.sapmaterial.com/?gclid=CN322K28t4sCFQ-WbgodSGbK2g....>ALL
STEP BY STEP for BAPI
http://sap-img.com/abap/bapi-step-by-step-guidance.htm
BAPI Programming Guide
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/CABFABAPIREF/CABFABAPIPG.pdf
BAPI User Guide
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDAPII/CABFAAPIINTRO.pdf
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6329-1051160.html#
http://www.sap-img.com/bapi.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/bapi-conventions.htm
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiintro.pdf
http://ifr.sap.com/catalog/query.asp
http://www.****************/Tutorials/BAPI/BAPIMainPage.htm
step by step BAPI Creation with screen shots.
http://www.sapgenie.com/abap/bapi/example.htm
BAPI Programming guide: -
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/e0/9eb2370f9cbe68e10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm
BAPI user guide: -
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/7e/5e115e4a1611d1894c0000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
BAPI STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE: -
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/bapi-step-by-step-guidance.htm
Example:-
http://www.erpgenie.com/abap/bapi/example.htm
PDF download: -
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/200dd1cc-589e-2910-98a9-bb2c48b78dfa
list of all bapis
http://www.planetsap.com/LIST_ALL_BAPIs.htm
for BAPI's
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiintro.pdf
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiprg.pdf
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiactx.pdf
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapilst.pdf
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiexer.pdf
http://service.sap.com/ale
http://service.sap.com/bapi
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDAPII/CABFAAPIINTRO.pdf
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/CABFABAPIREF/CABFABAPIPG.pdf
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCFESDE8/BCFESDE8.pdf
http://www.planetsap.com/Bapi_main_page.htm
http://www.topxml.com/sap/sap_idoc_xml.asp
http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/
http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/java/jco/bapi_jco.pdf
Also refer to the following links..
http://www.sap-img.com/bapi.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/bapi-conventions.htm
http://www.planetsap.com/Bapi_main_page.htm
http://www.sapgenie.com/abap/bapi/index.htm
Checkout !!
http://searchsap.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid21_gci948835,00.html
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6329-1051160.html#
http://www.****************/Tutorials/BAPI/CustomBAPICreation2/page1.htm
There are 5 different steps in BAPI.
Create BAPI Structure
Create BAPI Function Module or API Method.
Create BAPI object
Release BAPI Function Module.
Release BAPI object.
Step1. Creating BAPI Structure:
Go to <SE11>.
Select Data Type & Enter a name.
Click on Create.
Note: Always BAPI should be in a development class with request number (Not Local Object).
Select Structure & hit ENTER.
Enter the fields from your database. Make sure that the first field is the Primary Key Field.
Then SAVE & ACTIVATE.
Step 2. Creating BAPI module:
Enter TR.CODE <SE37>.
Before entering any thing, from the present screen that you are in, select the menu
Goto -> Function Groups -> Create Group.
Enter a name (Note: This name Must start with ZBAPI)
Let this screen be as it is and open another window and there, enter TR.CODE <SE80).
Click on the Third ICON that says Inactive Objects.
Select the group that you just created and click on Activate.
Notice that the group you created will disappear from the list of inactive objects.
Go back to <SE37> screen and enter a name and hit <ENTER>. Then enter the group name that you just created and activated.
NOTE: When you release a function module the respective group will be attached to that particular application. It cannot be used for any other application. NEVER include an already existing group that is attached to another module.
Now click on the first Tab that says ATTRIBUTES and select the radio button that says remote-enabled module since we will be accessing this from any external system.
Then click on the second tab that says IMPORT.
Enter a PARAMETER NAME, TYPE and the structure you created in the first step. Also select the check box Pa. All remotely enabled functional modules MUST be Pa enabled, where Pa means Passed by Value and if you dont select Pa, then that means it will be passed by reference..
Then click on tab that says EXPORT.
Enter the following as is in the first three fields
RETURN TYPE BAPIRETURN (These 3 field values are always same)
Here also select Pa meaning Pass by value.
Note: BAPIRETURN contains structure with message fields.
Then SAVE and ACTIVATE.
Step 3. Creating BAPI object:
Enter Tr.Code <SWO1> (Note. It is letter O and not Zero).
Enter a name and then click on create. Enter details.
NOTE: Make sure that that Object Type and Program name are SAME.
Enter Application M, if you are using standard table Mara. If you are using your own database then select Z at the bottom.
Then hit <ENTER>.
Now we have to add Methods. High light METHODS and then select the following from the menu:
Goto Utilities -> API Methods -> Add Methods.
Enter function Module name and hit <ENTER>.
Select the second FORWARD ARROW button (>)to go to next step.
Check if every thing looks ok and again click on FORWARD ARROW button (>).
Then select YES and click on <SAVE>.
Now on a different screen goto TR.CODE <SE37>. Enter Function Module name and select from the top menu Function Module -> Release -> Release.
Goback to TR.CODE <SWO1>.
Here select the menu combination shown below in the same order.
Edit -> Change Release Status -> Object Type Component -> To Implemented.
Edit -> Change Release Status -> Object Type Component -> To Released.
Edit -> Change Release Status -> Object Type -> To Implemented.
Edit -> Change Release Status -> Object Type -> To Released.
Then click on <SAVE>.
Then click on Generate Button (4th button from left hand side looks like spinning wheel).
Then Click on the button that says PROGRAM to see the source code.
To check if this is present in work flow goto TR.CODE <BAPI>.
Here it shows business object repository.
First click on the middle button and then select ALL and hit ENTER.
Goto tab ALPHABETICAL and look for the object that you created. This shows that the BAPI object has been created successfully
BAPI/RFC Interface
A remote function call is a call to a function module running in a system different from the caller's.
The remote function can also be called from within the same system (as a remote call), but usually caller and callee will be in different systems.
In the SAP System, the ability to call remote functions is provided by the Remote Function Call interface system (RFC). RFC allows for remote calls between two SAP Systems (R/3 or R/2), or between an SAP System and a non-SAP System.
RFC consists of the following interfaces:-
A calling interface for ABAP programs
Any ABAP program can call a remote function using the CALL FUNCTION...DESTINATION statement. The DESTINATION parameter tells the SAP System that the called function runs in a system other than the caller's.
RFC communication with the remote system happens as part of the CALL FUNCTION statement.
RFC functions running in an SAP System must be actual function modules, and must be registered in the SAP System as "remote".
When both caller and called program are ABAP programs, the RFC interface provides both partners to the communication. The caller may be any ABAP program, while the called program must be a function module registered as remote.
Calling interfaces for non-SAP programs
When either the caller or the called partner is a non-ABAP program, it must be programmed to play the other partner in an RFC communication.
To help implement RFC partner programs in non-SAP Systems, SAP provides-
External Interfaces
RFC-based and GUI-based interfaces can be used by external programs to call function modules in SAP R/2 or R/3 systems and execute them in these systems.
Vice versa, ABAP programs in R/2 or R/3 can use the functions provided by external programs via these interfaces.
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