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Run Time Type Services (RTTS)

Pablo Rovira Bosch, SAP GD Buenos Aires

03.11.2010
 RTTS (Run Time Type Services)

The RTTS ( Run Time Type Services) are implemented through a hierarchy of type
classes that provides the following functionalities:

 Type identification and description at run time (RTTI)

 Dynamic type creation (RTTC)

 Each type kind corresponds to one description class.

 Each class has RTTI and RTTC methods

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 RTTS Class hierarchy

CL_ABAP_TYPEDESCR

CL_ABAP_DATADESCR CL_ABAP_OBJECTDESCR

CL_ABAP_ELEMDESCR CL_ABAP_INTFDESCR

CL_ABAP_REFDESCR CL_ABAP_CLASSDESCR

CL_ABAP_COMPLEXDESCR

CL_ABAP_STRUCTDESCR

CL_ABAP_TABLEDESCR

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 RTTI & RTTC methods

Some examples of methods are:

• RTTI
 CL_ABAP_STRUCTDESCR->GET_COMPONENTS
Returns component description table of structure
 CL_ABAP_CLASSDESCR->GET_SUPER_CLASS_TYPE
Returns super class type
 CL_ABAP_ELEMDESCR->IS_DDIC_TYPE
Returns TRUE if it is a Dictionary type

• RTTC
 CL_ABAP_ELEMDESCR=>GET_C
Returns the Type Object for an Elementary Type c
 CL_ABAP_ELEMDESCR=>GET_N
Returns the Type Object for an Elementary Type n
 CL_ABAP_STRUCTDESCR=>CREATE
Factory method for Structure Type creation

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 Type Object

To introduce us in the study and the usage of RTTS, we should know first what is a
Type Object and its properties.

A Type Object:

Is an instance of a RTTS class.

Describe all properties of a type.

Can be used instead of type name.

There are 4 ways to get a type object using RTTC methods:

By type name (DESCRIBE_BY_NAME)

By data object (DESCRIBE_BY_DATA)

By object reference (DESCRIBE_BY_OBJECT_REF)

By data reference (DESCRIBE_BY_DATA_REF)

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 Get a type object

By type name (DESCRIBE_BY_NAME)

By data object (DESCRIBE_BY_DATA)

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 Get a type object

By object reference (DESCRIBE_BY_OBJECT_REF)

By data reference (DESCRIBE_BY_DATA_REF)

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 RTTS - Usage

There are many possible scenarios where we can use RTTS and take advantage of it.

The following are some examples:

• RTTI usage
 Get field description from data dictionary
 Get all the components of a structure and its properties

• RTTC usage
 Create data objects dynamically
 Create an internal table dynamically

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 RTTI - Usage

Scenario:

 You have defined a custom type structure whose fields are referenced to DDIC
elements.

 You need to get fields descriptions.

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 RTTI - Usage

Structure DFIES contains all properties of a

data dictionary element
Output:

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 RTTI - Usage

Scenario:

 You have defined a custom type structure.

 You need to get component names.

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 RTTI - Usage

Output: Structure ABAP_COMPDESCR contains

all properties of a data object:
• Length
• Decimals
• Type kind
• Name

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 RTTC - Usage

Scenario:

 You need to create an internal table dynamically.

In this example you can choose the

internal table structure by using
the parameter P_TABLE

T_TABLE internal table of type T001T and

GS_TABLE work area of type T001T are now created.
Let’s try to populate the internal table with data and print it.
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 RTTC - Usage

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 RTTC - Usage

The output of our test program will be a simple report showing the data on the
internal table we created dynamically.

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 Thank you!

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