HP XML Accelerator for SAP NetWeaver PI Version 1.0 - FAQ on XML Transformations, First edition

Table of Contents
1 Summary.........................................................................................................................4
2 General support of mapping types and technologies according to the PI
standard..............................................................................................................................5
Which PI standard mapping types are supported (Message, XSLT, Java, ABAP mappings)?..............5
Are value mappings supported? ...........................................................................................................5
Are a single mapping program and multiple mapping programs per direction supported? ..............5
Is XML schema validation supported by the accelerator? .....................................................................5
Are XPath expressions supported? ........................................................................................................5
Is the execution of Java nodes on the server supported? .......................................................................5
Is the execution of multiple PI instances on the accelerator supported?...............................................5
3 Support of XSLT mappings according to the PI standard...........................................6
When executing XSL translations in PI, is the SAP XML Toolkit (for releases lower than 7.1) and
the JDK 5 (for releases equal/greater than 7.1) supported? ...................................................................6
Are <xsl:include> and <xsl:import> to include predefined templates for substructures and
<xsl:message> for error handling supported? .......................................................................................6
Are Java enhancements for XSLT mapping programs supported? .......................................................6
Are all classes in Java Mapping API (package com.sap.aii.mapping.api) of PI 7.1 and higher
supported ...............................................................................................................................................6
Are all classes in Java Mapping API (SAP NetWeaver 2004 and 7.0) supported? ................................6
Can other standard libraries of the SAP J2EE server be used in Java enhancements? ..........................6
4 Support of pre-configuration for Mapping Programs with Operation Mappings
according to the PI standard.............................................................................................7
Are all basic settings for operation mappings supported? ....................................................................7
Is the test environment for operation mappings supported? ................................................................7
5 Support of Advanced Mapping Techniques ...............................................................8
Are all mapping runtime constants supported? ....................................................................................8
Are Adapter-specific message attributes supported? ...........................................................................8
Is Java based user defined functions, function libraries, and advanced user defined functions
supported? .............................................................................................................................................8
Are all Java standard functions of messages mappings supported? .....................................................8
Are parameterized mapping programs supported? .............................................................................8
Are references between mapping programs supported? ......................................................................9
Are multi mappings for integration processes and message splits supported? ...................................9
Are lookups within mappings using the RFC, JDBC, and SOAP adapters supported..........................9
Is extended receiver determination through mapping programs supported? ......................................9
Is self reference within the definition of graphical variables supported? .............................................9
6 Support and other resources.......................................................................................10
Contacting HP.......................................................................................................................................10
Before you contact HP.....................................................................................................................10
HP contact information...................................................................................................................10
Subscription service.........................................................................................................................10
Documentation feedback.................................................................................................................10
Typographic conventions......................................................................................................................10
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