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Enhancement concept for release 7.0

1. Source code enhancements

2. Enhancements using BAdIs

As of release 7.0, the ABAP Workbench offers a new enhancement concept, which enables enhancements that can be controlled by switches. Enhancements to ABAP source code and via BAdIs are supported by the ABAP runtime environment.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Modification 1

Source code enhancements

For source code enhancements using source code plug-ins, the following new statements have been introduced:

• ENHANCEMENT-POINT
• ENHANCEMENT-SECTION
• ENHANCEMENT
  

In addition, there are also implicit enhancement options in ABAP source code or parameter interfaces of procedures.

Modification 2

Enhancements using BAdIs

For enhancements using BAdIs, the following new statements have been introduced:

• GET BADI
• CALL BADI