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data object
Instance of a
data type. Exists in the
internal session of an
ABAP program or as a
shared object in the
shared memory. Is created either as a
named,
statically declared data object (statement DATA and similar) when a program or
procedure is loaded, or dynamically as an
anonymous data object at runtime (statement CREATE DATA or
instance
operator NEW). In addition, the
literals defined as part of the source code are also data objects. The data type of a data object is always complete (not
generic) and can be
bound or
standalone. See also
static data object and
dynamic data object.