What does it do? Specifies an annotation> annotation>> in the definition of an element> or CDS association of an CDS abstract entity> as element annotation. The character @> must be placed directly in front of the name annotation> of the annotation. In a CDS abstract entity, element annotations can only be specified in front of an element or a CDS association and not specified after it using @ < >. The elements and CDS associations of CDS entities> can be assigned to the element annotations grouped under element_annot>>.
ABAP_EXAMPLE_VX5 The following DDL source code shows a CDS abstract entity with element annotations: DDLS DEMO_CDS_ABSTRACT_ENTITY_ELEM The class CL_DEMO_CDS_ABSTRACT_ENTITY_EL >> shows that the element annotations of the CDS abstract entity can be evaluated> using the class CL_DD_DDL_ANNOTATION_SERVICE>>. In this case, there are also derived annotations for the data element used for typing and annotations from a CDS metadata extension>. The metadata extension is specified as an example for ANNOTATE ENTITY>>. ABAP_EXAMPLE_END