ABAP_to_the_Future

Features 1.2
METHODS: main.
ENDCLASS. "Laboratory Definition
CLASS lcl_laboratory IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD main.
* Local Variables
DATA: ld_monster_number TYPE i,
ld_number_of_heads TYPE i.
create_monster( id_number_of_heads = ld_number_of_heads ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS. "Laboratory Implementation
Listing 1.4 Sample Program with Missing Method
As you can see, the create_monster method does not exist. In the past, you
couldn’t just double-click it; you had to create a definition, and then create an
implementation, and then find your way back to the place you first started, making
you think that maybe FORM routines weren’t so bad after all.
In Eclipse, you put your cu rsor on the not-yet-extant CREATE_MONSTER and press
(CTRL) + (1). A little box appears and asks you if you want to automatically create
the missing method. I know I do; I have b een waiting 14 years for this, so I say
yes.
In Figure 1.13, the definition of the IMPORTING parameter came from the variable
definition you made in the code, which is one better than the FORM-based equivalent
in which you have to manually add the variable type.
Sadly, you may have to manually add the RETURNING parameter; in my version of
ABAP in Eclipse, the autocreation did not work if I entered ld_monster_number =
create_monster( ld_number_of_heads ). Nonetheless, that is probably just a bug
which will be fixed in time. In any event, the end result is as shown in Listing 1.5.
CLASS lcl_laboratory DEFINITION.
PUBLIC SECTION.
METHODS: main.
PRIVATE SECTION.
METHODS create_monster
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