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Named Includes in Release 4.6A

The statements INCLUDE STRUCTURE rec. and INCLUDE TYPE type. were enhanced so that symbolic accesses to groups of fields in structures are possible.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Variants

• The addition AS name causes the components of a type or structure inserted with INCLUDE to be accessed as a whole under the alias name.
  
• The addition RENAMING WITH SUFFIX suff renames the component names by appending the ID suff. The structure type can then be included more than once.
  

Advantages

• Flat</ structures and hierarchy views can be defined simultaneously.
  
• There are no problems in alignment because the flat structure is automatically aligned so that it can carry the hierarhic structure.
  
• Flat and hierarchic views use the same storage space, so no exchange between the different storage areas is necessary.
  
• Existing structures can be extended compatibly and are completely integrated in the ABAP Dictionary.