What is the difference between rfc and idoc

hi,
My name is rambabu.can anyone of u please tell me the main differences between idoc and rfc??
Thanks in Advance

hi Ramesh,
Remote Function Calls (RFC) and data exchange through IDoc
message documents. RFC makes direct and synchronous calls of a program in
the remote system. If the caller is an external program it will call an
RFC-enabled function in R/3 and if the calling program is the R/3 system
it will call an RFC-function in another R/3-system or it will call a
non-R/3 program through a gateway-proxy (usually rfcexec.exe). BAPIs are
a subset of the RFC-enabled function modules, especially designed as
Application Programming Interface (API) to the SAP business object, or in
other words: are function modules officially released by SAP to be called
from external programs.
IDocs are text encoded documents with a rigid structure that are used to
exchange data between R/3 and a foreign system. Instead of calling a
program in the destination system directly, the data is first packed into
an IDoc and then sent to the receiving system, where it is analyzed and
properly processed. Therefore an IDoc data exchange is always an
asynchronous process. The significant difference between simple RFC-calls
and IDoc data exchange is the fact, that every action performed on IDocs
are protocolled by R/3 and IDocs can be reprocessed if an error occurred
in one of the message steps.
While IDocs have to be understood as a data exchange protocol, EDI and ALE
are typical use cases for IDocs. R/3 uses IDocs for both EDI and ALE to
deliver data to the receiving system. ALE is basically the scheduling
mechanism that defines when and between which partners and what kind of
data will be exchanged on a regular or event triggered basis. Such a
set-up is called an ALE-scenario.
Regards
Sreeram.G.Reddy

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