Web Dynpro ABAP - Singleton Context Nodes Revisited

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After writing the blog about the usage of singleton context nodes in Web Dynpro ABAP, I received some questions by email !ince I found them useful in a sense that other developers might have similar questions, I would li"e to ta"e the opportunity to answer them in blog #$ %ou mentioned that certain ui elements &e g the 'ree( don)t wor" with singleton nodes 'o me this sounds li"e a bug If so, why don)t you fix it* A$ +irst off, it)s not a bug Actually, the context behaves exactly as it was set up and according to how singleton context nodes are expected to behave 'he tree displays this context structure perfectly as well ,et me explain it on an example I am aware that it has its shortcomings, but I believe it describes the situation quite well from a beginners perspective -sing a tree ui element together with singleton context nodes is a bit li"e flagging a number of classes as static and trying to display them as a tree 'he result will always be a line or a tree that behaves as described in the other blog, because there is only a single .instance. for each type of entity #$ Will you enhance the design time chec"s to detect combinations of ui elements and singleton nodes that don)t go along very well* A$ We are constantly improving the design time chec"s to ma"e it easier and more convient for developers to create Web Dynpro ABAP applications !o the answer is clearly a yes #$ What is the suggestion* !hould I switch the singleton flag off or on* A$ If you are a beginner or uncertain about if singleton context nodes are benefitial for your scenario, it)s best to switch off of the flag #$ Are you deliberating to change the default in the wor"bench* A$ %es, although there is the compatibility issue, which we have to ta"e care of 'his means that we are loo"ing for ways to change the default, but at this moment can)t definitely confirm that we will be able to change it #$ Is there any situation where using singleton context nodes ma"es sense* A$ /f course0 !uppose you have a context with a very large number of nodes nested in a deep hierarchy -sing supply functions and having a user who accesses a large portion of the tree while wor"ing with the application will lead to effect that the memory consumption of the application will increase over time In case there is a memory bottlenec" at the application server &i e due to many users doing the same thing(, using singleton context nodes can improvde the performance 'his is something one should test though by comparing both versions of an application and then ma"e a decision on the data gathered I hope, this answers some of the questions Thomas Szcs is a Senior Solution Architect for cbs Corporate Business Consulting GmbH Add to$ del icio us 1 Digg 1 2eddit Comment on this 2eblog !howing messages 3 through 3 of 3

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I thin" it)s great you ta"e the time on stuff li"e this Again, part of what I meant in my post today about the .privilege. of wor"ing with !AP

I note, however, that in some of the tutorials, the supply functions wor" as if a tree can always be filled .to the last drop. without a problem 'his was not the case in the older ABAP // tree examples, which were very careful to stress not to fill the tree to more than depth 3 for the first display Dave