Hi Prasad,
There is no hard and fast rule for using the mapping techniques.
<b>
Graphical Mapping </b>is used for simple mapping cases. When, the logic for your mapping is simple and straight forward and it does not involve any complex logic.
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Java and XSLT mapping</b> are used when graphical mapping cannot help you and you have multilevel hierarchy structure data.
When the choice is between Java and XSLT, XSLT is simpler than java mapping and easier. But, it has its drawbacks. One among them being that you cannot use Java APIs and Classes in it. There might be cases in your mapping when you will have to perform something like a properties file look up or a DB lookup, such scenarios are not possible in XSLT and so, when you want to use some specific Java API's you will have to go for Java Mapping.
Java Mapping uses 2 types of parsers. DOM and SAX. DOM is easier to use with lots of classes to help you create nodes and elements, but, DOM is very processor intensive.
SAX parser is something that parses your XML one after the other, and so is not processor intensive. But, it is not exactly easy to develop either.
To know more about each of them please go thru the following links. And if you ask me your which is better, it depends basically on the scenario you implementing and the complexity involved. Anyways please go thru the following links:
Graphical mapping
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/6d/aadd3e6ecb1f39e10000000a114084/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/c4cdfc334824478090739c04c4a249/content.htm
/people/bhanu.thirumala/blog/2006/02/02/graphical-message-mapping-150-text-preview
http://www.sapgenie.com/netweaver/xi/mapping1.htm
/people/alessandro.guarneri/blog/2006/01/26/throwing-smart-exceptions-in-xi-graphical-mapping
XSLT mapping
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/73/f61eea1741453eb8f794e150067930/content.htm
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/
JAVA mapping
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/e2/e13fcd80fe47768df001a558ed10b6/content.htm
DOM parser API
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/org/w3c/dom/package-frame.html
ABAP mapping
/people/r.eijpe/blog
To know more about the value mapping tools for the SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI), please go thru the following link:
http://www.applicon.dk/fileadmin/filer/XI_Tools/ValueMappingTool.pdf
To get an idea as to what value mapping is, please go thru the following links:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/13/ba20dd7beb14438bc7b04b5b6ca300/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/f2/dfae3d47afd652e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2a/9d2891cc976549a9ad9f81e9b8db25/content.htm
most of the links that I have provided also helps you get the step by step procedure of doing the same. And also involves the procedure to implement certain advanced features.
And please go through this link which clearly explains the 3 types of mappings.
/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/02/10/different-types-of-mapping-in-xi
Regards,
Pooja
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