Migration Guides ​

Classic MTX to Streamlined MTX ​

How to migrate from classic MTX to streamlined MTX is described here.

CAP Java Classic to CAP Java 1.x ​

To make the CAP Java SDK and therefore the applications built on it future-proof, we revamped the CAP Java SDK. Compared the classic CAP Java Runtime (also known as the "Java Gateway stack"), the new CAP Java SDK has numerous benefits:

• Starts up much faster
• Supports local development with SQLite
• Has clean APIs to register event handlers
• Integrates nicely with Spring and Spring Boot
• Supports custom protocol adapters (OData V4 support included)
• Has a modular design: Add features as your application grows
• Enables connecting to advanced SAP BTP services like SAP Event Mesh

We strongly recommend adopting the new CAP Java SDK when starting a new project. Existing projects that currently use the classic CAP Java Runtime can adopt the new CAP Java SDK midterm to take advantage of new features and the superior architecture. In the following sections, we describe the steps to migrate a Java project from the classic CAP Java Runtime to the new CAP Java SDK.

OData Protocol Version ​

The classic CAP Java Runtime came in several different flavors supporting either the OData V2 or V4 protocols. The new CAP Java SDK streamlines this by providing a common protocol adapter layer, which enables to handle any OData protocol version or even different protocols with one application backend. Hence, if you decide to change the protocol that exposes your domain model, you no longer have to change your business logic.

Migrate the Project Structure ​

Create a new CAP Java project beside your existing one, which you want to migrate. You can use the CAP Java Maven archetype to create a new CAP Java project:

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeArtifactId=cds-services-archetype -DarchetypeGroupId=com.sap.cds -DarchetypeVersion=RELEASE

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeArtifactId=cds-services-archetype -DarchetypeGroupId=com.sap.cds -DarchetypeVersion=RELEASE

Further details about creating a new CAP Java project and the project structure itself can be found in section Starting a New Project.

By default, the Java service module goes to the folder srv. If you want to use a different service module folder, you have to adapt it manually. Rename the service module folder to your preferred name and adjust also the <modules> section in the file pom.xml in your projects root folder:

...
<modules>
	<module>srv</module> <!-- replace srv with your folder name -->
</modules>
...

...
<modules>
	<module>srv</module> <!-- replace srv with your folder name -->
</modules>
...

Copy the CDS Model ​

Now, you can start migrating your CDS model from the classic project to the newly created CAP Java project.

Therefore, copy your CDS model and data files (*.cds & *.csv) manually from the classic project to the corresponding locations in the new project, presumably the db folder. If you organize your CDS files within subfolders, also re-create these subfolders in the new project to ensure the same relative path between copied CDS files. Otherwise, compiling your CDS model in the new project would fail.

Usually the CDS files are located in the following folders:

If your CDS model depends on other reusable CDS models, add those dependencies to <NEW-PROJECT-ROOT>/package.json:

...
"dependencies": {
	"@sap/cds": "^3.0.0",
	...  // add your CDS model reuse dependencies here
},
...

...
"dependencies": {
	"@sap/cds": "^3.0.0",
	...  // add your CDS model reuse dependencies here
},
...

In the following example, element createdAt has an explicitly specified datatype (that is timestamp):

view AddressView as select from Employee.Address {
    street, apartment, postal_code, MAX(createdAt) AS createdAt: timestamp
};

view AddressView as select from Employee.Address {
    street, apartment, postal_code, MAX(createdAt) AS createdAt: timestamp
};

CDS Configuration ​

The CDS configuration is also part of <PROJECT-ROOT>/package.json and has to be migrated as well from the classic to the new project. Therefore, copy and replace the whole cds section from your classic package.json to the new project:

...
"dependencies": {
	"@sap/cds": "^3.0.0",
},
"cds": { // copy this CDS configuration from your classic project
	...
}
...

...
"dependencies": {
	"@sap/cds": "^3.0.0",
},
"cds": { // copy this CDS configuration from your classic project
	...
}
...

You can validate the final CDS configuration by executing a CDS command in the root folder of the new project:

cds env

cds env

It prints the effective CDS configuration on the console. Check, that this configuration is valid for your project. Execute this command also in your classic project and compare the results, they should be same.

Further details about effective CDS configuration can be found in section Effective Configuration.

First Build and Deployment ​

After you’ve copied all your CDS files, maintained additional dependencies and configured the CDS build, you can try to build your new CAP Java project the first time. Therefore, execute the following Maven command in the root folder of your new CAP Java project:

mvn clean install

mvn clean install

If this Maven build finishes successfully, you can optionally try to deploy your CDS model to an SAP HANA database by executing the following CDS command:

cds deploy --to hana

cds deploy --to hana

See section SAP HANA Cloud for more details about deploying to SAP HANA.

Migrate Java Business Logic ​

Migrate Dependencies ​

Now, it's time to migrate your Java business logic. If your event handlers require additional libraries that go beyond the already provided Java Runtime API, add those dependencies manually to section dependencies in file <NEW-PROJECT-ROOT>/srv/pom.xml, for example:

...
<dependencies>
	<!-- add your additional dependencies here -->
	...
	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
		<artifactId>cds-starter-spring-boot-odata</artifactId>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
		<artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
	</dependency>
	...
</dependencies>
...

...
<dependencies>
	<!-- add your additional dependencies here -->
	...
	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
		<artifactId>cds-starter-spring-boot-odata</artifactId>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
		<artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
	</dependency>
	...
</dependencies>
...

Migrate Event Handlers ​

In the next steps, you have to adapt your Java classes to be compatible with the new Java Runtime API. That means, you'll copy and migrate your event handler classes from the classic to the new project. It will be required to modify and adapt your Java source code to be compatible with the new Java SDK.

Usually the event handler classes and tests are located in these folders:

Copy your Java class files (*.java) manually from the classic project to corresponding locations in the new project. It’s important that you re-create the same subfolder structure in the new project as it is in the classic project. The subfolder structure reflects the Java package names of your Java classes.

Annotations ​

Annotate all of your event handler classes with the following annotations and ensure a unique service name:

@org.springframework.stereotype.Component
@com.sap.cds.services.handler.annotations.ServiceName("serviceName")

@org.springframework.stereotype.Component
@com.sap.cds.services.handler.annotations.ServiceName("serviceName")

Finally, your event handler class has to look similar to this example:

import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import com.sap.cds.services.handler.EventHandler;
import com.sap.cds.services.handler.annotations.ServiceName;

@Component
@ServiceName("AdminService")
public class AdminServiceHandler implements EventHandler {

}

import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import com.sap.cds.services.handler.EventHandler;
import com.sap.cds.services.handler.annotations.ServiceName;

@Component
@ServiceName("AdminService")
public class AdminServiceHandler implements EventHandler {

}

The new CAP Java SDK introduces new annotations for event handlers. Replace event annotations at event handler methods according to this table:

Event Handler Signatures ​

The basic signature of an event handler method is void process(EventContext context). However, it doesn’t provide the highest level of comfort. Event handler signatures can vary on three levels:

• EventContext arguments
• POJO-based arguments
• Return type

Replace types from package com.sap.cloud.sdk.service.prov.api.request in the classic Java Runtime by types from package com.sap.cds.services.cds as described by the following table:

You can also get your entities injected by adding an additional argument with one of the following types:

• java.util.stream.Stream<yourEntityType>
• java.util.List<yourEntityType>

See section Event Handler Method Signatures for more details.

Also replace the classic handler return types with the corresponding new implementation:

Delete Obsolete Files ​

There are numerous files in your classic project, which aren’t required and supported anymore in the new project. Don't copy any of the following files to the new project:

<PROJECT-ROOT>/
|-- db/
|   |-- .build.js
|   `-- package.json
`-- srv/src/main/
            |-- resources/
            |    |-- application.properties
            |    `-- connection.properties
            `-- webapp/
                 |-- META-INF/
                 |   |-- sap_java_buildpack/config/resources_configuration.xml
                 |   `-- context.xml
                 `-- WEB-INF/
                     |-- resources.xml
                     |-- spring-security.xml
                     `-- web.xml

<PROJECT-ROOT>/
|-- db/
|   |-- .build.js
|   `-- package.json
`-- srv/src/main/
            |-- resources/
            |    |-- application.properties
            |    `-- connection.properties
            `-- webapp/
                 |-- META-INF/
                 |   |-- sap_java_buildpack/config/resources_configuration.xml
                 |   `-- context.xml
                 `-- WEB-INF/
                     |-- resources.xml
                     |-- spring-security.xml
                     `-- web.xml

Transaction Hooks ​

In the Classic Java Runtime, it was possible to hook into the transaction initialization and end phase by adding the annotations @InitTransaction or @EndTransaction to a public method. The method annotated with @InitTransaction was invoked just after the transaction started and before any operation executed. Usually this hook was used to validate incoming data across an OData batch request.

See section InitTransaction Hook for more details about init transaction hook in classic CAP Java.

The method annotated with @EndTransaction was invoked after all the operations in the transaction were completed and before the transaction was committed.

See section EndTransaction Hook for more details about end transactions hook in classic CAP Java.

The new CAP Java SDK doesn't support these annotations anymore. Instead, it supports registering a ChangeSetListener at the ChangeSetContext supporting hooks for beforeClose and afterClose.

See section Reacting on ChangeSets for more details.

To replace the @InitTransaction handler, you can use the beforeClose method, instead. This method is called at the end of the transaction and can be used, for example, to validate incoming data across multiple requests in an OData batch before the transaction is committed. It's possible to cancel the transaction in this phase by throwing an ServiceException.

The CAP Java SDK sample application shows how such a validation using the ChangeSetListener approach can be implemented. See here for the example code.

Note, that to validate incoming data for single requests, we recommend to use a simple @Before handler, instead.

See section Introduction to Event Handlers for a detailed description about Before handler.

Security Settings ​

For applications based on Spring Boot, the new CAP Java SDK simplifies configuring authentication significantly: Using the classic CAP Java Runtime, you had to configure authentication for all application endpoints (including the endpoints exposed by your CDS model) explicitly. The new CAP Java SDK configures authentication for all exposed endpoints automatically, based on the security declarations in your CDS model.

Authorization can be accomplished in both runtimes with CDS model annotations @requires and @restrict as described in section Authorization and Access Control. Making use of the declarative approach in the CDS model is highly recommended.

In addition, the new CAP Java SDK enables using additional authentication methods. For instance, you can use basic authentication for mock users, which are useful for local development and testing. See section Mock Users for more details.

An overview about the general security configuration in the new CAP Java SDK can be found in section Security.

Configuration and Dependencies ​

To make use of authentication and authorization with JWT tokens issued by XSUAA on the SAP BTP, add the following dependency to your pom.xml:

<dependency>
	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
	<artifactId>cds-feature-xsuaa</artifactId>
</dependency>

<dependency>
	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
	<artifactId>cds-feature-xsuaa</artifactId>
</dependency>

This feature provides utilities to access information in JWT tokens, but doesn’t activate authentication by default. Therefore, as in the classic CAP Java Runtime, activate authentication by adding a variant of the XSUAA library suitable for your application (depending on if you use Spring, Spring Boot, plain Java) as described in the following sections.

Spring Boot ​

Activate Spring security with XSUAA authentication by adding the following Maven dependency:

<dependency>
	<groupId>com.sap.cloud.security.xsuaa</groupId>
	<artifactId>xsuaa-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
	<version>${xsuaa.version}</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
	<groupId>com.sap.cloud.security.xsuaa</groupId>
	<artifactId>xsuaa-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
	<version>${xsuaa.version}</version>
</dependency>

Maintaining a spring-security.xml file or a custom WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter or SecurityFilterChain isn’t necessary anymore because the new CAP Java SDK runtime autoconfigures authentication in the Spring context according to your CDS model:

• Endpoints exposed by the CDS model annotated with @restrict are automatically authenticated.

• Endpoints exposed by the CDS model not annotated with @restrict are public by definition and hence not authenticated.

• All other endpoints the application exposes manually through Spring are authenticated. If you need to change this default behavior either manually configure these endpoints or turn off auto configuration of custom endpoints by means of the following application configuration parameter:

  yaml

  cds.security.authentication.authenticate-unknown-endpoints: false

  cds.security.authentication.authenticate-unknown-endpoints: false

Plain Java ​

The existing authentication configuration stays unchanged. No autoconfiguration is provided.

Enforcement API & Custom Handlers ​

The new CAP Java SDK offers a technical service called AuthorizationService, which serves as a replacement for the former Enforcement APIs. Obtain a reference to this service just like for all other services, either explicitly through a ServiceCatalog lookup or per dependency injection in Spring:

@Autowire
AuthorizationService authService;

@Autowire
AuthorizationService authService;

Information of the request user is passed in the current RequestContext:

EventContext context;
UserInfo user = context.getUserInfo();

EventContext context;
UserInfo user = context.getUserInfo();

or through dependency injection within a handler bean:

@Autowire
UserInfo user;

@Autowire
UserInfo user;

With the help of these interfaces, the classic enforcement API can be mapped to the new API as listed in the following table:

See section Enforcement API & Custom Handlers in Java for more details.

Data Access and Manipulation ​

There are several ways of accessing data. The first and most secure way is to use the Application Service through an CqnService instance. The second is to use PersistenceService, in that case the query execution is done directly against underlying datasource, bypassing all authority checks available on service layer. The third one is to use CDS4J component called CdsDataStore, which also executes queries directly.

Access Application Service in Custom Handler and Query Execution ​

To access an Application Service in custom handler and to execute queries, perform the following steps:

1. Inject the instance of CqnService in your custom handler class:

@Resource(name = "CatalogService")
	private CqnService catalogService;

@Resource(name = "CatalogService")
	private CqnService catalogService;

See section Services Accepting CQN Queries for more details.

2. In each custom handler, replace instance of DataSourceHandler as well as CDSDataSourceHandler with the CqnService instance.

3. Rewrite and execute the query (if any).

Example of query execution in Classic Java Runtime:

CDSDataSourceHandler cdsHandler = DataSourceHandlerFactory.getInstance().getCDSHandler(getConnection(), queryRequest.getEntityMetadata().getNamespace());

CDSQuery cdsQuery = new CDSSelectQueryBuilder("CatalogService.Books")
	.selectColumns("id", "title")
	.where(new ConditionBuilder().columnName("title").IN("Spring", Java"))
	.orderBy("title", true)
	.build();

cdsHandler.executeQuery(cdsQuery);

CDSDataSourceHandler cdsHandler = DataSourceHandlerFactory.getInstance().getCDSHandler(getConnection(), queryRequest.getEntityMetadata().getNamespace());

CDSQuery cdsQuery = new CDSSelectQueryBuilder("CatalogService.Books")
	.selectColumns("id", "title")
	.where(new ConditionBuilder().columnName("title").IN("Spring", Java"))
	.orderBy("title", true)
	.build();

cdsHandler.executeQuery(cdsQuery);

See section CDS Data Source for more details.

The corresponding query and its execution in New CAP Java SDK looks as follows:

Select query =  Select.from("CatalogService.Books")
	.columns("id", "title")
	.where(p -> p.get("title")
	.in("Spring", "Java"))
	.orderBy("title");

catalogService.run(query);

Select query =  Select.from("CatalogService.Books")
	.columns("id", "title")
	.where(p -> p.get("title")
	.in("Spring", "Java"))
	.orderBy("title");

catalogService.run(query);

See section Query Builder API for more details.

4. Rewrite and execute the CRUD operations (if any).

As you can see in New CAP Java SDK it’s possible to either directly execute a CQN of the event, or you can construct and execute your own custom query.

See section Query Builder API for more details.

Accessing PersistenceService ​

If for any reason you decided to use PersistenceService instead of CqnService in your custom handler, you need to inject the instance of PersistenceService in your custom handler class:

@Autowired
private PersistenceService persistence;

@Autowired
private PersistenceService persistence;

See section Persistence API for more details.

Example of Query execution in Classic Java Runtime:

CDSDataSourceHandler cdsHandler = ...;

CDSQuery cdsQuery = new CDSSelectQueryBuilder("CatalogService.Books")
	.selectColumns("id", "title")
	.where(new ConditionBuilder().columnName("title").IN("Spring", Java"))
	.orderBy("title", true)
	.build();

cdsHandler.executeQuery(cdsQuery);

CDSDataSourceHandler cdsHandler = ...;

CDSQuery cdsQuery = new CDSSelectQueryBuilder("CatalogService.Books")
	.selectColumns("id", "title")
	.where(new ConditionBuilder().columnName("title").IN("Spring", Java"))
	.orderBy("title", true)
	.build();

cdsHandler.executeQuery(cdsQuery);

The corresponding query execution in New CAP Java SDK looks as follows:

Select query =  Select.from("CatalogService.Books")
	.columns("id", "title")
	.where(p -> p.get("title")
	.in("Spring", "Java"))
	.orderBy("title");

persistence.run(query);

Select query =  Select.from("CatalogService.Books")
	.columns("id", "title")
	.where(p -> p.get("title")
	.in("Spring", "Java"))
	.orderBy("title");

persistence.run(query);

Accessing CdsDataStore ​

If you want to use CdsDataStore in your custom handler, you first need to do the steps described in section Accessing PersistenceService. After that you can get the instance of CdsDataStore using persistence.getCdsDataStore() method:

Select query =  ...; // construct the query

CdsDataStore cdsDataStore = persistence.getCdsDataStore();
cdsDataStore.execute(query);

Select query =  ...; // construct the query

CdsDataStore cdsDataStore = persistence.getCdsDataStore();
cdsDataStore.execute(query);

CDS OData V2 Adapter ​

When you generate a new project using the CAP Java Maven Archetype, OData V4 is enabled by default.

To be able to migrate the backend from the Classic Java Runtime without making changes in your frontend code, you can activate the OData V2 Adapter as follows:

1. Add the following dependency to the pom.xml of your srv module:

   xml

   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-adapter-odata-v2</artifactId>
   	<scope>runtime</scope>
   </dependency>

   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-adapter-odata-v2</artifactId>
   	<scope>runtime</scope>
   </dependency>

2. In addition, turn off the OData V4 adapter by replacing the following dependency:

   xml

   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-starter-spring-boot-odata</artifactId>
   </dependency>

   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-starter-spring-boot-odata</artifactId>
   </dependency>

   with

   xml

   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-starter-spring-boot</artifactId>
   </dependency>

   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-starter-spring-boot</artifactId>
   </dependency>

   if present. Additionally, remove the dependency

   xml

   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-adapter-odata-v4</artifactId>
   </dependency>

   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-adapter-odata-v4</artifactId>
   </dependency>

   if present.

3. To make the CDS Compiler generate EDMX for OData V2, add or adapt the following property in the .cdsrc.json file:

   json

   {
   	[...]
   	"odata": {
   		"version": "v2"
   	}
   }

   {
   	[...]
   	"odata": {
   		"version": "v2"
   	}
   }

   TIP

   In case you're using multitenancy, keep in mind to make the same change in the .cdsrc.json of the mtx-sidecar.

After rerunning the Maven build and starting the CAP Java application, Application Services are served as OData V2. By default, the endpoints will be available under <host:port>/odata/v2/<Service>. The default response format is xml, to request json use $format=json or Accept: application/json header.

Enabling OData V2 and V4 in Parallel ​

You can also use OData V2 and V4 in parallel. However, by default the Maven build generates EDMX files for one OData version, only. Therefore, you've to add an extra compile step for the missing OData version to the Maven build of your application:

1. In .cdsrc, choose v4 for odata.version

2. Add an extra compile command to the subsection commands of the section with ID cds.build in the pom.xml file in the srv folder of your project:

   xml

   <command>compile ${project.basedir} -s all -l all -2 edmx-v2 -o ${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/edmx/v2</command>

   <command>compile ${project.basedir} -s all -l all -2 edmx-v2 -o ${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/edmx/v2</command>

   This command picks up all service definitions in the Java project base directory (srv by default) and generates EDMX for OData V2. It also localizes the generated EDMX files with all available translations. For more information on the previous command, call cds help compile on the command line. If your service definitions are located in a different directory, adopt the previous command. If your service definitions are contained in multiple directories, add the previous command for each directory separately. Make sure to use at least cds-dk 3.2.0 for this step.

3. Make sure that the dependencies to the OData V2 and V4 adapters are present in your pom.xml file:

   xml

   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-starter-spring-boot</artifactId>
   </dependency>
   
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-adapter-odata-v2</artifactId>
   	<scope>runtime</scope>
   </dependency>
   
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-adapter-odata-v4</artifactId>
   	<scope>runtime</scope>
   </dependency>

   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-starter-spring-boot</artifactId>
   </dependency>
   
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-adapter-odata-v2</artifactId>
   	<scope>runtime</scope>
   </dependency>
   
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>com.sap.cds</groupId>
   	<artifactId>cds-adapter-odata-v4</artifactId>
   	<scope>runtime</scope>
   </dependency>

4. Optionally it's possible to configure different serve paths for the application services for different protocols. See Serve configuration for more details.

After rebuilding and restarting your application, your Application Services are exposed as OData V2 and OData V4 in parallel. This way, you can migrate your frontend code iteratively to OData V4.