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[Former Member]

when the instance of a class is created.does the instance contain static members of the class.

[Former Member]

Hi Sandeep,

The instance of the class will definitely have the static components of the class, but the static component will not be specific to that instant.

Suppose you have a static component "count" in a class C1. You create instances Obj1, Obj2 of the class and in the constructor method increment

the static component "count".

So when you create first instant "Obj1", constructor will be called and count will be set to 1.

When you create next object "Obj2", again constructor will be called and count will be incremented from 1 (set to 1 first time) to 2. So basically the static component retains its value for all instances.

Please refer to following program for example.

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*& Class (Definiton) zl_lcl_vehicle

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• Definition of Vehicle class

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CLASS zl_lcl_vehicle DEFINITION.

PUBLIC SECTION.

• Instance methods

METHODS: set_make IMPORTING value(im_make) TYPE string

im_model TYPE string,

get_make EXPORTING value(ex_make) TYPE string

ex_model TYPE string,

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• Begin of IC011206

• Functional Methods

• Have a returning parameter and no exporting/changing parameters

• The returning parameter must always be passed by value.

get_average_fuel IMPORTING im_distance TYPE i

im_fuel TYPE i

RETURNING value(re_fuel) TYPE i.

• Static methods

CLASS-METHODS get_n_o_vehicles RETURNING value(re_count) TYPE i.

• Static attribute

• Can be accessed using classname and static method

CLASS-DATA gv_n_o_vehicles_pub TYPE i.

• End of IC011206

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PRIVATE SECTION.

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• Private Methods (Used for internal modularisation)

METHODS init_type. "IC011206+

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• Instance attributes

DATA: gv_make TYPE string, " Vehicle make

gv_model TYPE string, " Type or model

gv_distance TYPE i,

" Distance IC011206+

gv_fuel TYPE i.

" Fuel IC011206+

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• Static attribute

• Can only be accessed using a static method

CLASS-DATA gv_n_o_vehicles_prv TYPE i. "IC011206+

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ENDCLASS. "zl_lcl_vehicle DEFINITION

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*& Class (Implementation) zl_lcl_vehicle

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• Implementation of Vehicle class

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CLASS zl_lcl_vehicle IMPLEMENTATION.

METHOD set_make.

IF im_make IS NOT INITIAL

AND im_model IS NOT INITIAL.

gv_make = im_make.

gv_model = im_model.

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• Begin of IC011206

ELSE.

• For calling an instance method from another method there is no need of

• instance name. The method is automatically executed for the current

• object

CALL METHOD init_type.

• End of IC011206

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ENDIF.

ENDMETHOD. "set_make

METHOD get_make.

ex_make = gv_make.

ex_model = gv_model.

ENDMETHOD. "get_make

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• Begin of IC011206

• Functional Method

METHOD get_average_fuel.

re_fuel = im_fuel / im_distance.

ENDMETHOD. "get_average_fuel.

• Static Method

METHOD get_n_o_vehicles.

• Since this is a static method it can only access static components

• and do not need instances, it can be directly accessed through the

• class

gv_n_o_vehicles_prv = gv_n_o_vehicles_prv + 1.

re_count = gv_n_o_vehicles_prv.

gv_n_o_vehicles_pub = gv_n_o_vehicles_prv.

ENDMETHOD. "get_n_o_vehicles

• Private Method

METHOD init_type.

CLEAR: gv_make,

gv_model.

ENDMETHOD. "init_type

• End of IC011206

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ENDCLASS. "zl_lcl_vehicle

• Declaring a reference variable with reference to the vehicle class.

• This vareiable contains a reference to an object of theclass

DATA: z_vehicle1 TYPE REF TO zl_lcl_vehicle,

z_vehicle2 TYPE REF TO zl_lcl_vehicle. "IC011206+

DATA: gv_veh_make TYPE string,

gv_veh_model TYPE string,

gv_veh_count_prv TYPE i, "IC011206+

gv_veh_count_pub TYPE i, "IC011206+

gv_avg_fuel TYPE i. "IC011206+

START-OF-SELECTION.

• Create instance of the vehicle class

CREATE OBJECT: z_vehicle1,

z_vehicle2. "IC011206+

• Normal Syntax for method calls

CALL METHOD: z_vehicle1->set_make EXPORTING im_make = 'HYUNDAI'

im_model = 'SANTRO'.

*Additioanl Shorter Syntax for method calls. There must be no space

*before the bracket

• and there must be at least one space after the bracket

z_vehicle1->get_make( IMPORTING ex_make = gv_veh_make

ex_model = gv_veh_model ).

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• Begin of IC011206

• Calling Functional methods of a class

gv_avg_fuel = z_vehicle1->get_average_fuel( im_distance = 5 im_fuel =

10 )

+ z_vehicle2->get_average_fuel( im_distance = 10 im_fuel =

20 ).

• Call Static methods.

*Static methods can be addressed by class name and do not need

*instances.

*When called from another method in the same class, the classname can be

• omitted.

zl_lcl_vehicle=>get_n_o_vehicles( RECEIVING re_count =

gv_veh_count_prv ).

• Accessing Static attributes using class name. For this the static

• attribute has to be defined in public section.

gv_veh_count_pub = zl_lcl_vehicle=>gv_n_o_vehicles_pub.

• End of IC011206

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WRITE: / 'Make :', gv_veh_make,

/ 'Model :', gv_veh_model,

/ 'Average Fuel :', gv_avg_fuel, "IC011206+

/ 'Private Static attribute : no of vehicle =',

gv_veh_count_prv,"IC011206+

/ 'Public Static attribute : no of vehicle =', gv_veh_count_pub

."IC011206+

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Regards

Indrajit

[Former Member]

Hi,

short answer is YES. This is part of OO concept.

BR, Artem

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