ABAP Objects – Summary of Syntax

Availability: There is a brief comment on availability under each syntax

summary. If there is no specific comment, then these components are available
as of Rel. 4.5A.

Global class definition (in the CLASS-POOL):

CLASS-POOL.

TYPES: … " local types

TYPE-POOLS: … " refer to type-pools (global types)

CLASS c … . " local helper classes

ENDCLASS

CLASS pc DEFINITION PUBLIC. " the public class of the class pool

ENDCLASS.

CLASS pc IMPLEMENTATION.

ENDCLASS.

Availability: all available as of 4.5A

 
Class definition:

CLASS c DEFINITION

[PUBLIC]

[ABSTRACT]

[FINAL]

[INHERITING FROM superclass]

[CREATE {PUBLIC | PROTECTED | PRIVATE}].

[PUBLIC SECTION.

… <definition of public components>]

[PROTECTED SECTION.

… <definition of protected components>]

[PRIVATE SECTION.

… <definition of private components>]

ENDCLASS.

CLASS c IMPLEMENTATION.

ENDCLASS.

 
 *--- forward definition of class for mutual recursive references

CLASS c DEFINITION DEFERRED.

Availability: all available as of 4.5A

Class components:

CLASS c DEFINITION.

{PUBLIC|PROTECTED|PRIVATE} SECTION.

TYPES … .

CONSTANTS … .

[CLASS-]DATA a TYPE t [READ-ONLY].

METHODS m REDEFINITION.

[CLASS-]METHODS m [ABSTRACT | FINAL]

[IMPORTING …] [EXPORTING …] [CHANGING …]

[RETURNING VALUE(result) TYPE t ] [EXCEPTIONS …] .

[CLASS-]METHODS m [ ABSTRACT | FINAL]

FOR EVENT e OF {c|i}

 [IMPORTING fp1 fp2 … fpn] .

[CLASS-]EVENTS e [EXPORTING … ].

ALIASES alias FOR i~a.

INTERFACES i [VALUE a1 = v1 …].

ENDCLASS.

Availability:
as of 4.5A: all components, except
as of 4.6A: METHODS : REDEFINITION , ABSTRACT ,
FINAL

Implementation of classes/methods:

CLASS c IMPLEMENTATION.

"--- implementation of methods for class, interfaces, events:

METHOD m1.

ENDMETHOD.

ENDCLASS.

Interface definition :

INTERFACE i.

* --> like public components of classes <--

  

ENDINTERFACE.

*--- forward definition of interface

INTERFACE i DEFERRED.

*---

INTERFACE i SUPPORTING REMOTE INVOCATION.

Availability:
as of 4.5A: all components, except
as of 4.6A: compound interfaces

Using OO:

Create objects:

CREATE OBJECT objvar [ TYPE class | TYPE (classname) ]

[ EXPORTING arg = val … ].

Availability:
as of 4.5A: CREATE OBJECT … [ EXPORTING … ]
as of 4.6A: TYPE …

Call methods:

CALL METHOD o->m [EXPORTING …] [IMPORTING …]

[CHANGING …]

[RECEIVING …] [EXCEPTIONS …].

CALL METHOD o->m( … [IMPORTING …] [CHANGING …]

[EXCEPTIONS …]).
 a = o->m( [IMPORTING …] ). "functional method call

a = o->m( [arg =] val ). "ditto, with only one parameter

Availability:
as of 4.5A: CALL METHOD …
as of 4.6A: functional method call

Examples of functional method calls:

IF o->m( 4711 ) = TRUE. … ENDIF.

CASE order->status( ). WHEN … WHEN … ENDCASE.

LOOP AT itab WHERE name = o->hostname( ). …

ENDLOOP.

len = strlen( adr1->get_name( ) ) + strlen( adr2-

>get_name ) ).

MOVE o->m( p1 = val1 p2 = val2) TO dest.

Trigger event:

RAISE EVENT e [EXPORTING arg = val … ].

RAISE EVENT I~e [EXPORTING arg = val … ].

Activate/deactivate event handler:

*--- general form

SET HANDLER h1 h2 … FOR … <see below> … [ACTIVATION

cval].

*--- standard registration

SET HANDLER h1 … FOR i|o. "- register instance event for

instance
 SET HANDLER h1 … . "- handler for class event

*--- group registration

SET HANDLER h1 … FOR ALL INSTANCES.

"- for "e of C" event: all instances of C

"- for "e OF I" event: all instances of all C implementing I

Availability:
as of 4.5A: all components

Widening Cast:

"--- CAST

i1 ?= o1. "--- does o1 implement interface of i1?

MOVE o1 ?TO i1. "--- same as above

Special compiler statements:

*--- make class definition known to compiler before accessing class

comp.

CLASS ddic_class DEFINITION LOAD.

*--- make interface known to compiler before accessing interface

comp.

INTERFACE LOAD.

Component selection:
 Symbol Example Meaning

-> o->a Component access using object or interface

i->a reference

- x-a Component access for structures (and embedded

objects)

~ I~a Compound names for interface components

=> c=>a Access to the static components of class c