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meth( ... ), Static Method Specification
Short Reference

ABAP_SYNTAX
... meth
$| oref->meth
$| class=>meth
$| super->meth ...

ABAP_ALTERNATIVES:
1 ... meth ...
2 ... oref->meth ...
3 ... class=>meth ...

What does it do?
These names are used for to specify methods statically, where meth is a valid name for the method in the current context. A special case of specifying methods statically is the specification after the pseudo reference super in methods of subclasses.



Latest notes:
The name of a method can be the name of the method declared in METHODS, a name composed using the interface component selector, or an alias name.
NON_V5_HINTS
ABAP_HINT_END

ABAP Alternative 1 ... meth ...

What does it do?
Can be specified in method implementations for any method meth of the same class. In instance methods, meth is a short form of me->meth, where me is the self-reference.

ABAP_EXAMPLE_VX5
Call of method meth2 from another method meth1.
ABEXA 00064
ABAP_EXAMPLE_END

ABAP Alternative 2 ... oref->meth ...

What does it do?
Can be specified in processing blocks in which any method meth is visible. Here, oref contains an object reference to an object that contains the method as a component. The following can be specified for oref:
A reference variable
A single or chained table expression whose result is a reference variable
A constructor expression with a constructor operator NEW or CAST
This applies to both standalone method calls and functional method calls.

ABAP_EXAMPLE_VX5
Call of the instance method meth via a temporary reference variable created using the NEW operator.
ABEXA 00065
ABAP_EXAMPLE_END

ABAP Alternative 3 ... class=>meth ...

What does it do?
Can be specified in processing blocks in which a static method meth is visible, where class is one of the classes allowed by the package check that contains the method as a static component.

ABAP_EXAMPLE_VX5
Call of the static method meth using the name of the class.
ABEXA 00066
ABAP_EXAMPLE_END

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