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TYPES BEGIN OF MESH - Quick reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

TYPES BEGIN OF MESH mesh_type. 
  ... 
  TYPES  snode { TYPE {[REF TO] table_type}|ref_type } 

             | { LIKE {[REF TO] itab
     }|dref     } 

               [ASSOCIATION _assoc TO tnode ON tcomp1 = scomp1 

                 
                        [AND tcomp2 = scomp2 

                 
                 
      [AND ... ]] 

                 
                 
      [USING KEY key_name]] 

               [...]. 
  ... 
DATA END OF MESH mesh_type. 

Effect

Defines a mesh type mesh_type whose nodes are tabular data types or reference types for internal tables.

Addition

• ASSOCIATION ...
  Declares a mesh association _assoc between a start node snode and a target node tnode. The relationship between the nodes is defined using one or more ON conditions, where USING KEY can be used to specify the table key used.