SAP CREATE DATA HANDLE ABAP Statements



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• HANDLE CREATE DATA

CREATE DATA, HANDLE
Short Reference

ABAP_SYNTAX
CREATE DATA dref $[ area_handle$]
TYPE HANDLE handle.

What does it do?
The statement CREATE DATA uses the addition HANDLE to create a data object whose data type is described by an RTTS type description object. For handle , a reference variable of the static type of class CL_ABAP_DATADESCR or its subclasses that points to a type description object must be specified. The type description object may have been created by using the RTTS methods on existing data objects or by using the dynamic definition of a new data type.
The type description object must describe a non-generic type. Only type description objects for the generic ABAP types c, n, p , and x create and use a new bound data type with the standard values. Similarly, a type description object for a standard table with a generic table type creates and uses a new bound table type with a standard key.



Latest notes:

The following are important methods for the dynamic definition of data types:
GET_C, GET_D, GET_F ... of the class CL_ABAP_ELEMDESCR for type description objects of elementary data types. These create either a new type description object in accordance with the input parameters or reuse an existing type object.
GET of the classes CL_ABAP_STRUCTDESCR, CL_ABAP_TABLEDESCR, and CL_ABAP_REFDESCR as well as GET_BY_NAME of the class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR for type description objects of structures, internal tables, and reference variables. These return the type description object that was specified by the input parameters. Either a new type description object is created or an existing one is used again.
CREATE of the classes CL_ABAP_STRUCTDESCR, CL_ABAP_TABLEDESCR, and CL_ABAP_REFDESCR for creating type description objects for structures, internal tables, and reference variables. These return the type description object that was specified by the input parameters. A new type description object is always created.
It is recommended that the GET methods are used instead of CREATE to avoid creating multiple type description objects for a single type.
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ABAP_EXAMPLE_VX5
Creation of an anonymous data object using a type description object for a dictionary structure that is obtained using RTTI.
ABEXA 00158
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ABAP_EXAMPLE_ABEXA
Creating a Structure Using RTTC
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