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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.