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static method

Former Member — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:00:32 GMT

what do u mean by a static method exactly.

Re: static method

Former Member — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:26:03 GMT

STATIC METHOS

CAN ONLY USE STATIC COMPONENTS IN THEIR IMPLEMENTATION PART

CAN BE CALLED USING THE CLASS

Static methods (also referred to as class methods) are called using CALL METHOD <classname>=><class_method>.

If you are calling a static method from within the class, you can omit the class name.

You access static attributes using <classname>=><class_attribute>

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Re: static method

uwe_schieferstein — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:10:00 GMT

Hello Sandeep

A static method can be called without prior instatiation of the class. This is the technical aspect. When do we define a method as static? If the method does not need to know any details of an instance then I would define this method as static. This is the semantic aspect.

Typical examples are utility methods, calculations, etc.

Example: class CL_ABAP_CONTAINER_UTILITIES

Its static methods convert either a string into a structured data type or vice versa. For this purpose the methods do not need any knowledge of any instances, the input is sufficient enough.

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Uwe

Re: static method

Former Member — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:55:50 GMT

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/c3/225b5c54f411d194a60000e8353423/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/08/d27c03b81011d194f60000e8353423/content.htm

First, it's impossible to create static method with WD IDE designers for controllers.

Next, if you simply need to call method from wdDoModifyView, just create instance method createHTMLViewer in regular way then call it from wdDoModifyView via wdThis.createHTMLViewer().

Third, you may create this method manually directly in source code, just place it at the end of controller between comments //@begin other ... //@end.

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