What does it do? Using this variant of the statement tt:call-method>, it is possible to call an instance method of a global ABAP Objects class in an ST program as follows: var> can be used to specify a variable>> or a parameter>> of the ST program. The addition ref-type> must have been used to create the variable or parameter as a class reference variable or interface reference variable. When called, the variable or parameter must point to the object of a class. Either the object can have been created in the ST program using tt:create-object>>, or it is referred to a corresponding ABAP reference variable. meth> can be used to specify a visible method that exists in the static type of the reference variable, that is in the class or interface . The specification of the method is not case-sensitive. Method execution, parameter passing, and optional attributes are subject to the same conditions as static method calls>.
ABAP_EXAMPLE_VX5 The transformation DEMO_ST_WITH_METHOD_CALL_INST>> calls an instance method CONVERT> in an object that is referenced by the parameter OPAR >. This is passed to the input parameter input> of the method and its return value RESULT> is assigned to an identically named variable. The variable result> is then serialized using tt:write>>. Note that no data root can be assigned to the return value of the method in serializations. TRNS DEMO_ST_WITH_METHOD_CALL_INST The transformation is called in class CL_DEMO_CALL_METH_FROM_ST>>. A reference to an object of class CL_DEMO_CALL_FROM_ST_INST>> is passed using the addition PARAMETERS>. The instance method CONVERT> of that class is defined as follows: METH CL_DEMO_CALL_FROM_ST_INST=>CONVERT The result of the transformation is as follows: < Result>1-2-3 < /Result>> ABAP_EXAMPLE_END