SAP ABAP Class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR (Runtime Type Services)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-ABA-LA (Application Component) Syntax, Compiler, Runtime
     ⤷ SABP_RTTI (Package)

Meta Relationship - Using

#	Relationship type	Using	Short Description	Created on
1	Inheritance (c INHERITING FROM c_ref)	CL_ABAP_DATADESCR	Runtime Type Services	00000000

Properties

Class	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR
Short Description	Runtime Type Services
Super Class	CL_ABAP_DATADESCR	Runtime Type Services
Instantiability of a Class	1	Protected
Final	☑

General Data

Message Class
Program status	S	System Program
Category	0
Package	SABP_RTTI
Created	19981216	SAP
Last change	20130531	SAP
Shared Memory-enabled	☐
Fixed point arithmetic	☑
Unicode checks active	☑

Forward declarations

#	Type group / Object type	Type	Type Description
1	ABAP	Type group use (TYPE-POOLS tp)	Type group use (TYPE-POOLS tp)

Interfaces

Class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no interface implemented.

Friends

Class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no friend class.

Attributes

#	Attribute	Level	Visibility	Read only	Typing	Associated Type	Initial Value	Description	Created on
1	REFERENCED_TYPE_CACHE	Instance attribute	Private	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_TYPEDESCR			20030916
2	REF_TO_DATA_CACHE	Static Attribute	Private	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR			20031017
3	REF_TO_OBJECT_CACHE	Static Attribute	Private	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR			20031017

Methods

#	Method	Level	Visibility	Method type	Description	Created on
1	CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR	Static method	Public	Constructor	-	19981216
2	CREATE	Static method	Public	Method	Factory Method for Reference Type Creation Without Reuse	20030916
3	CREATE_BOXED	Static method	Public	Method	Factory Method for Reference Type Creation Without Reuse	20080325
4	CREATE_BOXED_BY_NAME	Static method	Public	Method	Factory Method for Creation W/o Reuse from Basic Type Names	20080325
5	CREATE_BY_NAME	Static method	Public	Method	Factory Method for Creation W/o Reuse from Basic Type Names	20030916
6	CREATE_REFDESCR_OBJECT	Static method	Protected	Event handling method	-	19981216
7	CREATE_XTYP_FROM_REF_DESC	Static method	Private	Method	Create XTYP for a Reference Description	20050818
8	GET	Static method	Public	Method	Factory Method for Reference Type Creation With Reuse	20051125
9	GET_BOXED	Static method	Public	Method	Factory Method for Reference Type Creation With Reuse	20080325
10	GET_BOXED_BY_NAME	Static method	Public	Method	Factory Method for Creation With Reuse from Basic Type Names	20080325
11	GET_BY_NAME	Static method	Public	Method	Factory Method for Creation With Reuse from Basic Type Names	20051125
12	GET_REFERENCED_TYPE	Instance method	Public	Method	Navigation method reference -> Reference type	19981216
13	GET_REF_TO_DATA	Static method	Public	Method	Returns Type Object for Type REF TO DATA	20031017
14	GET_REF_TO_OBJECT	Static method	Public	Method	Returns Type Object for Type REF TO OBJECT	20031017
15	GET_XTYP_FROM_REF_DESC	Static method	Private	Method	Return XTYP for a Reference Description	20051124
16	LOAD_CLASS	Static method	Public	Method	-	19981216

Events

Class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no event.

Types

Class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no local type.

Method Signatures

Method CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR Signature

Method CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR on class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no parameter.
Method CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR on class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no exception.

Method CREATE Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	P_REFERENCED_TYPE	Call by reference	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_TYPEDESCR		Basistyp	20030916
2	Returning	P_RESULT	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR		Ergebnistyp	20030916

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_SY_REF_CREATION	☐	Ausnahme beim Erzeugen eines Referenztyps	20030916

Method CREATE_BOXED Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	P_REFERENCED_TYPE	Call by reference	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_STRUCTDESCR		Basistyp	20080325
2	Returning	P_RESULT	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR		Ergebnistyp	20080325

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_SY_REF_CREATION	☐	Ausnahme beim Erzeugen eines Referenztyps	20080325

Method CREATE_BOXED_BY_NAME Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	P_REFERENCED_TYPE_NAME	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE			20080325
2	Returning	P_RESULT	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR			20080325

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_SY_REF_CREATION	☐	Ausnahme beim Erzeugen eines Referenztyps	20080325
2	CX_SY_UNKNOWN_TYPE	☐	System-Exception für 'Typ nicht gefunden'	20080325

Method CREATE_BY_NAME Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	P_REFERENCED_TYPE_NAME	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE			20030916
2	Returning	P_RESULT	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR			20030916

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_SY_REF_CREATION	☐	Ausnahme beim Erzeugen eines Referenztyps	20030916
2	CX_SY_UNKNOWN_TYPE	☐	System-Exception für 'Typ nicht gefunden'	20030916

Method CREATE_REFDESCR_OBJECT Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	XTYPE	Value transfer	☐	Attribute reference (LIKE)			XTYPE	19981216

Method CREATE_REFDESCR_OBJECT on class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no exception.

Method CREATE_XTYP_FROM_REF_DESC Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	BASE_TYPE	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XTYPE_TYPE		Basistyp oder	20050818
2	Importing	BASE_TYPE_KIND	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_TYPEKIND		Art des Basistyps ('C', 'I',...)	20050818
3	Importing	BASE_TYPE_NAME	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	STRING		Basistypnamen	20050818
4	Returning	XTYP	Value transfer	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XTYPE_TYPE			20050818

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_SY_REF_CREATION	☐	Ausnahme beim Erzeugen eines Referenztyps	20080327
2	CX_SY_UNKNOWN_TYPE	☐	System Exception for 'Type Not Found'	20130102

Method GET Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	P_REFERENCED_TYPE	Call by reference	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_TYPEDESCR		Basistyp	20051125
2	Returning	P_RESULT	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR		Ergebnistyp	20051125

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_SY_REF_CREATION	☐	Ausnahme beim Erzeugen eines Referenztyps	20051125

Method GET_BOXED Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	P_REFERENCED_TYPE	Call by reference	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_STRUCTDESCR		Basistyp	20080325
2	Returning	P_RESULT	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR		Ergebnistyp	20080325

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_SY_REF_CREATION	☐	Ausnahme beim Erzeugen eines Referenztyps	20080325

Method GET_BOXED_BY_NAME Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	P_REFERENCED_TYPE_NAME	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE			20080325
2	Returning	P_RESULT	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR			20080325

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_SY_REF_CREATION	☐	Ausnahme beim Erzeugen eines Referenztyps	20080325
2	CX_SY_UNKNOWN_TYPE	☐	System-Exception für 'Typ nicht gefunden'	20080325

Method GET_BY_NAME Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	P_REFERENCED_TYPE_NAME	Call by reference	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	CSEQUENCE			20051125
2	Returning	P_RESULT	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR			20051125

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_SY_REF_CREATION	☐	Ausnahme beim Erzeugen eines Referenztyps	20051125
2	CX_SY_UNKNOWN_TYPE	☐	System-Exception für 'Typ nicht gefunden'	20051125

Method GET_REFERENCED_TYPE Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Returning	P_DESCR_REF	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_TYPEDESCR		Beschreibungsobjekt	19981221

Method GET_REFERENCED_TYPE on class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no exception.

Method GET_REF_TO_DATA Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Returning	P_RESULT	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR			20031017

Method GET_REF_TO_DATA on class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no exception.

Method GET_REF_TO_OBJECT Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Returning	P_RESULT	Value transfer	☐	Object reference (TYPE REF TO)	CL_ABAP_REFDESCR			20031017

Method GET_REF_TO_OBJECT on class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no exception.

Method GET_XTYP_FROM_REF_DESC Signature

#	Type	Parameter	Pass Value	Optional	Typing Method	Associated Type	Default value	Description	Created on
1	Importing	BASE_TYPE	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	XTYPE_TYPE		Basistyp oder	20051124
2	Importing	BASE_TYPE_KIND	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	ABAP_TYPEKIND		Art des Basistyps ('C', 'I',...)	20051124
3	Importing	BASE_TYPE_NAME	Call by reference	☑	Type reference (TYPE)	STRING		Basistypnamen	20051124
4	Returning	XTYP	Value transfer	☐	Type reference (TYPE)	XTYPE_TYPE			20051124

#	Exception	Resumable	Description	Created on
1	CX_SY_REF_CREATION	☐	Ausnahme beim Erzeugen eines Referenztyps	20080327
2	CX_SY_UNKNOWN_TYPE	☐	System Exception for 'Type Not Found'	20130102

Method LOAD_CLASS Signature

Method LOAD_CLASS on class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no parameter.
Method LOAD_CLASS on class CL_ABAP_REFDESCR has no exception.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20130531
SAP Release Created in