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ABAP Objects in Release 4.6C

SAP has extended ABAP Objects 4.6 C to include the following components:

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Modification 1

Run Time Type Identification

The APPLIES_TO_CLASS method defined in the class CL_ABAP_OBJECTDESCR checks whether or not a reference that has the
same type as the type object can point to an object of the class you specify. The class CL_ABAP_OBJECTDESCR is assigned to the Run Time Type Identification (RTTI) area in the ABAP Runtime System.

Run Time Type Identification also lets you define a technical type name, although types without names can also be used for dynamic type declarations like CREATE DATA ... or ASSIGN ... CASTING.

Modification 2

Local Types and Classes

Now you can also use local types of CLASS-POOLS in the PRIVATE SECTION of
the relevant global class, even though this class does not have the FINAL addition.

===CCDEF-Include ===CCIMP-Include ===CL-Include ===CCDEF

macro ===CCMAC

Modification 3

Declaring the %_FRIEND Addition

Adding the %_FRIEND addition to the DATA ... TYPE REF TO class statement lets you access all the methods and data elements of the class system class.