Sun Microsystems SAP BAPI manual SAP Data Type Conversion Table

Appendix A

SAP Data Type Conversion Table

Use the following SAP data type conversion table to help map the data type in the ABAP Directory to their respective JCo and Java data types.

Table 15 Data Type Conversion Table

ABAP type	Description	JCo type code	Java data type
b	1-byte integer	JCO.TYPE_INT1	int
s	2-byte integer	JCO.TYPE_INT2	int
I	4-byte integer	JCO.TYPE_INT	int
C	Character	JCO.TYPE_CHAR	String
N	Numerical	JCO.TYPE_NUM	Character String
P	Binary Coded Decimal	JCO.TYPE_BCD	BigDecimal
D	Date	JCO.TYPE_DATE	String
T	Time	JCO.TYPE_TIME	String
F	Float	JCO.TYPE_FLOAT	double
X	Raw data	JCO.TYPE_BYTE	byte[ ]
g	String (variable-length)	JCO.TYPE_STRING	String
y	Raw data (variable-	JCO.TYPE_XSTRING	byte[ ]
	length)

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