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PUBLIC SECTION
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Syntax
PUBLIC SECTION.
Effect
This statement can only be used in the declaration part of a class. It defines the public
visibility section
of the class class. All components of the class that are declared after the
statement PUBLIC SECTION are accessible from outside the class, in their subclasses, and in the class itself as long as this permitted by the
package concept. Public methods in particular can be redefined in subclasses.
Example
Declares a public constant const and accesses it from outside of the class.
CLASS cls DEFINITION.
PUBLIC SECTION.
CONSTANTS const TYPE string VALUE `I'm public`.
ENDCLASS.
START-OF-SELECTION.
cl_demo_output=>display( cls=>const ).