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CLASS - Short Reference

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Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax Forms

Declaration part

CLASS class DEFINITION [INHERITING FROM superclass]
                       [ABSTRACT]
                       [FINAL]
                       [CREATE {PUBLIC|PROTECTED|PRIVATE}]
                       [SHARED MEMORY ENABLED]
                       [FOR TESTING
                         [RISK LEVEL {CRITICAL|DANGEROUS|HARMLESS}]
                         [DURATION   {SHORT|MEDIUM|LONG}] ]
                       [[GLOBAL] FRIENDS [class1 class2 ...]
                                         [intf1 intf2 ...] ].
  [PUBLIC SECTION.
    [components]]
  [PROTECTED SECTION.
    [components]]
  [PRIVATE SECTION.
    [components]]
ENDCLASS.

Implementation part

CLASS class IMPLEMENTATION.
  implementations
ENDCLASS.

Effect

Declaration and implementation of a class class. In the declaration part, the components components of a class are declared in the visibility sections PUBLIC, PROTECTED, and PRIVATE SECTION, using ALIASES, [CLASS-]DATA, [CLASS-]METHODS, and [CLASS-]EVENTS. In the implementation part, all the concrete methods declared in the declaration part between METHOD and ENDMETHOD are implemented.

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