There are four different scenarios:
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AS ABAP – AS ABAP
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AS ABAP – External system
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AS ABAP – SAP Java
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AS ABAP – External Java system
Scenario 1: ABAP – ABAP
Two SAP systems – actually two AS ABAP systems – communicate with each other. Here, the data exchange between the two partner systems is made via the RFC interface. An additional conversion of the data format is not necessary.
Scenario 2: ABAP – External System
In this scenario, the partner system is not an SAP system: Here, the RFC API is used to implement an interface that converts the ABAP data format
Scenario 3: ABAP – Java (SAP)
Here, AS ABAP communicates with a Java system that is not based on SAP AS Java. In this scenario too, SAP JCo performs the interface function and data mapping for the non-SAP Java system