SAP PROTECTED GLOSRY documentation, setup help and example usage

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protected
Term in ABAP Objects . A protected component of a class
can be accessed only by the class itself or by its subclasses. Only the class itself and its subclasses can create
objects in a protected instantiatible class. Here, friends of the class have the same rights as the class itself . The protected
visibility section of a class is introduced by the statement PROTECTED SECTION in the declaration section .