SAP METH CALL SHORTREF documentation, setup help and example usage

meth( ... )

ABAP_LONG_REF


What does it do? Static method call.
Specify the method:
meth - Method meth
of the same class.
oref- meth - Instance method meth of the object referenced by oref .
super- meth - Method meth with the same name in the direct superclass.
class= meth - Static method meth of the class class .
Specify the parameter:
( )
Calls a method without passing a parameter.

(a)
Calls a method while passing a single parameter a .

( p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ... )
Calls a method while passing multiple parameters a1 , a2 , ...

EXPORTING p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...

Passes actual parameters a1 , a2 , ... to input parameters p1 , p2 , ...

IMPORTING p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...

Inherits output parameters p1 , p2 , ... in actual parameters a1 , a2 , ...

CHANGING p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...

Assigns actual parameters a1 , a2 , ... to input/output parameters p1 , p2 , ...

RECEIVING r = a
Assigns the return value r to the actual parameter a .

Specify the exceptions:
EXCEPTIONS
Enables the handling of non-class-based exceptions:

exc1 = n1 exc2 = n2 ... - Assigns numbers n1 , n2 , ... to the classic exceptions exc1 , exc2 , ... for the return code sy-subrc .

OTHERS = n_others - Assigns a number n_others for the return code sy-subrc to all exceptions not named explicitly.