Mastering SAP ABAP

Component.js

The Component.js file is the main entry point to the application. It is called either by the index.html file or the Fiori launchpad tile and contains the most important reference—to the application manifest—and the initial logic for the application. The sample file is listed here:

sap.ui.define([ "sap/ui/core/UIComponent"], function(UIComponent){  "use strict";    return UIComponent.extend("my.namespace.Component",{    metadata:{      manifest: "json"    },        init: function(){      UIComponent.prototype.init.apply(this,arguments);      this.getRouter().initialize();    }  });});

The first line is a simple statement defining what the content of the file is in a form that the SAPUI5 core understands. Have a look at the following code snippet:

return UIComponent.extend("my.namespace.Component",{ ...