com.sap.conn.jco

Class JCoContext

java.lang.Object

com.sap.conn.jco.JCoContext

public abstract class JCoContext
extends Object

The JCoContext class allows the execution of stateful function call sequences with JCo. It provides methods for notifying the JCo runtime about beginning and ending stateful call sequences for a specific destination. The same connection will be used for all remote function calls between invoking the begin() and end() methods. This is typically used for multi-step logical units of work (LUWs), in which several function modules are executed in a row and are committed afterwards.
In case an error occurs during the communication and the connection is broken or closed, an exception will be thrown and the application should take care of this. Depending on the application it might be necessary to repeat all function calls of the failed sequence as the back-end will do an automatic rollback of all previous operations that have not been committed yet.
Example usage:

    JCoDestination destination = JCoDestinationManager.getDestination("<DestinationName>");

    try
    {
        JCoContext.begin(destination);
        function1.execute(destination);
        function2.execute(destination);
        functionBapiTransactionCommit.execute(destination);
    }
    catch (AbapException ex)
    {
        ...
    }
    catch (JCoException ex)
    {
        ...
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        ...
    }
    finally
    {
        JCoContext.end(destination);
    }

Internally, the JCo runtime considers all calls executed in the current session and scope between begin() and end() as coherent and sends the calls over the same connection. Stateful contexts can be nested. The respective connection will be released only after the root context is ended, i.e. end() needs to be called as many times as begin() was called before for a specific destination.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	JCoContext() Only used internally.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	begin(JCoDestination destination) Begins a stateful call sequence for calls to the specified destination.
static void	end(JCoDestination destination) Ends a stateful call sequence for calls to the specified destination.
static boolean	isStateful(JCoDestination destination) Returns true if in the current session a stateful call sequence has been started and is not finished yet.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JCoContext

protected JCoContext()

Only used internally.

Method Detail

begin

public static void begin(JCoDestination destination)

Begins a stateful call sequence for calls to the specified destination. The connections used between begin(JCoDestination) and end(JCoDestination) will not be reset or closed. As a consequence the user context in the ABAP back-end will be kept.

Note: As JCoContext.begin() reserves a connection for exclusive usage, you should only switch to the stateful context if this is really required. Stateless processing should be preferred whenever possible, i.e. avoid using JCoContext.begin()/JCoContext.end() sequences if the used function modules do not store any state in the ABAP system.

Parameters:

destination - The destination for which to start a back-end context for processing stateful call sequences.

end

public static void end(JCoDestination destination)
                throws JCoException

Ends a stateful call sequence for calls to the specified destination. A reserved connection is then either returned to a pool for reuse or it is at least no longer guaranteed to be kept open.

Note: Stateful contexts can be nested. If currently running in a nested context, then calling this method only ends the deepest context, but not the stateful call sequence. The stateful call sequence will only end after the root context has been ended, i.e. after end() has been called as many times as method begin() was called before for a specific destination.

Parameters:

destination - The destination whose back-end context shall be ended.

Throws:

JCoException - in case releasing/closing any connection runs into an issue.

isStateful

public static boolean isStateful(JCoDestination destination)

Returns true if in the current session a stateful call sequence has been started and is not finished yet. That means method begin() has been invoked but end() not yet, or more precisely: begin() has been invoked more often than end() for the specified destination.
Otherwise, if there is no stateful call sequence active in the current session, this method returns false.

Parameters:

destination - The destination for which the stateful context shall be checked.

Returns:

Flag describing the current state of the specified destination.