For project reason I need to figure out the logic how the field list is assembled when folder “Attributes” for a given context node is expanded in CRM WebClient UI workbench:

Debugging entry point is CL_BSP_WD_GUI_LIST_TREE~ON_EXPAND_NO_CHILDREN：

There are three kinds of fields which will appear under “Attributes” folder:

(1) direct attribute

get the public method list of context node class with naming convention that method name starts with GET_, and have one importing parameter ATTRIBUTE_PATH and one returning parameter VALUE.

And then extract the attribute name and stored it to internal table lt_direct_attribute.

Once the direct attribute of the current context node class has been extracted, there is a recursive call with the same extraction logic on the super class.

Since I am using UI component BT116H_SRVO, context node BTADMH to debug, the inheritance hierarchy from children to parent in this example is:

CL_BT116H_S_DETAILS_CN00 -> CL_CRM_UIU_BTADMINH_CN -> CL_CRM_UIU_BT_EASYCNDENTRY_FCN -> CL_BSP_WD_CONTEXT_NODE -> CL_BSP_MODEL

For example, there is a method GET_BILL_BLOCK_STATUS with the specified signature,

so BILL_BLOCK_STATUS is regarded as one direct attribute for this context node:

(2) implicit attribute

Retrieved from method get_implicite_cnode_attr,

Attributes defined in DDIC structure CRMST_ADMINH_BTIL are regarded as implicit attribute.

This structure is bound to context node BTAdminH in Genil model editor.

(3) AET attribute ( Application Enhancement Tool )

In fact AET attribute could be regarded as a special kind of implicit attribute as it is physically appended to EEW structure just the same way as implicit attribute. AET fields are retrieved via method get_extension_cnode_attr:

Those fields are retrieved with API cl_axt_uif_access=>get_ext_attributes and marked with prefix EXT in UI component workbench:

You can use the following report to print out the attribute list of a given UI component’s context node: