addition missing

[Former Member]

Dear Experts,

which syntax is the correct one. According to Abap OOP Tutorials is Example 1 the common kind of syntax, isn' it?

Because I am getting this error massage with example1: PUBLIC addition of the CLASS statement is missing

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Example 1

CLASS ZCL_EMPLOYEE definition.

* compare this section with below example 2

   public section.
    TYPES:
       BEGIN OF t_employee,
         no  TYPE i,
         name TYPE string,
      END OF t_employee.

   METHODS:
       constructor
         IMPORTING im_employee_no TYPE i
                   im_employee_name TYPE string,

      display_employee.
   protected section.
       CLASS-DATA: g_no_of_employees TYPE i.
   private section.
       DATA: g_employee TYPE t_employee.
ENDCLASS.

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This works well with the part after DEFINITION.

Example 2

CLASS ZCL_EMPLOYEE definition

   public

   final

   create public .

   public section.

      TYPES:

       BEGIN OF t_employee,

         no  TYPE i,

         name TYPE string,

      END OF t_employee.

   METHODS:
       constructor
         IMPORTING im_employee_no TYPE i
                   im_employee_name TYPE string,

      display_employee.
   protected section.
       CLASS-DATA: g_no_of_employees TYPE i.
   private section.
       DATA: g_employee TYPE t_employee.
ENDCLASS.

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Best Regards

Hakan

[Tomas_Buryanek]

The difference is that example 1 is local class and example 2 is global class.

I guess you are getting error because you are writing example 1 in either SE24 (code view) or in ADT, right?

F1 on CLASS .. DEFINITION PUBLIC.. :

The PUBLIC addition specifies that the class class is a global class in the Class Library. You can only apply the PUBLIC addition to one class in a class pool. This addition is generated by the Class Builder when a global class is created. Any class that does not have the PUBLIC addition applied to it is a local class in its program. 

[Former Member]

Thx.

Example 2 is wirtten in ADT and not Example 1