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SAP Object Oriented ABAP Interview Questions
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SAPABAP Inheritance Interview Questions Answers, Inheritance is the main

featureofObjectOrientedProgramminginanyObjectOrientedLanguage,like
OOABAP also contains Inheritance feature to extend the functionality of
language of SAPABAP. Here in this post we are going to provide list of
interviewquestionsandalsoanswersonInheritancetopic.Thesequestionsare
veryfrequentlyaskedbytheinterviewersintheinterviews.Clickonreadmore
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SAPOOABAPInheritanceInterviewQuestionsAnswers

SAPABAP Inheritance Interview Questions Answers, Inheritance is the main feature of

Object Oriented Programming in any Object Oriented Language, like OOABAP also
containsInheritancefeaturetoextendthefunctionalityoflanguageofSAPABAP.Herein
this post we are going to provide list of interview questions and also answers on
Inheritance topic. These questions are very frequently asked by the interviewers in the
interviews.

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1)Whatisinheritance?

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Inheritanceallowsyoutoderiveanewclassfromanexistingclass.You
dothisusingtheINHERITINGFROMadditionintheCLASSsubclass
DEFINITIONINHERITINGFROMsuperclassstatement.

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2)Whatarethevisibilitysectionsvisibletosubclassofsuperclass?
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Onlythepublicandprotectedcomponentsofthesuperclassarevisible
inthesubclass.

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3)Canwedeclaresamenameforcomponentsofsubclassascomponents
ofsuperclass?

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Subclassescontainallofthecomponentsofalloftheirsuperclasses
withintheinheritancetree.Onlythepublicandprotectedonesare
visible.Allpublicandprotectedcomponentswithinaninheritancetree
belongtothesamenamespace,andconsequentlymusthaveunique

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names.Thenamesofprivatecomponents,ontheotherhand,mustonly
beuniquewithintheirclass.

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4)Whatissingleinheritance?

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Aclasscanhavemorethanonedirectsubclass,butitmayonlyhaveone
directsuperclass.Thisiscalledsingleinheritance.

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5)DoesOOABAPsupportsmultipleinheritance?
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No,OOABAPdoesnotsupportmultipleinheritancebutitsupportsmulti
levelinheritance.

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6)Whatistherootnodeofallinheritancetrees?
Ans)
TherootnodeofallinheritancetreesinABAPObjectsisthepredefined
emptyclassOBJECT.Thisisthemostgeneralizedclasspossible,sinceit
containsneitherattributesnormethods.
Whenyoudefineanewclass,youdonothavetospecifyitexplicitlyas
thesuperclasstherelationshipisalwaysimplicitlydefined.

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7)Howcanwereimplementsuperclassmethodinsubclass?
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Superclassmethodcanbereimplementedinthederivedclassusing
redefinitionkeyword.

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8)Canwechangetheparameterinterfaceoftheredefinedmethods?
Ans)
No,wecannotchangetheparameterinterfaceoftheredefinedmethods.

9)Howtocalloriginalmethodfromredefinedmethod?
Ans)
IntheredefinedmethodusetheSUPER>pseudoreferencetoaccessthe
originalmethodofthebaseclass.

10)Whatisanabstractclass?

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AclassdefinedasABSTRACTcannotbeinstantiated,thatisonecannot
useCREATEOBJECTwithreferencetotheclass.Tousetheinstance
componentsofanabstractclass,asubclassoftheclassmustbe
instantiated.

11)Canabstractmethodsberedefined?

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Ans)
Yes,abstractmethodsshouldberedefinedinthesubclass.Elseitgives
syntaxerror.Ifsubclassisalsoabstractclassesthennoneedtoredefine
theabstractmethod.

12)Canfinalclassmethodsberedefinedinthesubclass?
Ans)
Afinalmethodcannotberedefinedinasubclass.Finalclassescannot
havesubclasses.Theyconcludeaninheritancetree.

13)Canstaticmethodberedefined?
Ans)No,staticmethodscannotberedefined.

14)Canwechangethevisibilityoftheredefinedmethod?
Ans)
No,wecannotchangethevisibilityoftheredefinedmethod.Thatis,if
methodisdefinedinsuperclassinpublicsectionthenwecannotredefine
thesamemethodinthesubclassunderprotectedorprivate.

15)Cantheprivateandprotectedclassescanbeinherited?
Ans)
Yes,wecaninherittheprivateandprotectedclasses.Thenthesubclass
itselfbecomestheprivateorprotectedclass.

16)DoestheinstantiationofSubclassdependonthesuperclass?
Ans)
Whereasubclasscanbeinstantiateddependsonitsimmediatesuper
class:

i.Immediatesubclassesofobject,orclasseswiththeCREATE
PUBLICadditionimplicitlyinherittheCREATEPUBLICaddition.All
CREATEadditionsthatoverwritetheinheritedadditioncanbe
specifiedexplicitly.

ii.ImmediatesubclassesofclasseswiththeCREATEPROTECTED
additionimplicitlyinherittheCREATEPROTECTEDaddition.AllCREATE
additionsthatoverwritetheinheritedadditioncanbespecified
explicitly.

iii.ImmediatesubclassesofclasseswiththeCREATEPRIVATE
additionthatarenotfriendsoftheclassimplicitlyreceivetheCREATE
NONEaddition.Theycannotbeinstantiatedandyoucannotspecify
anyexplicitCREATEadditionsforthem.

iv.Immediatesubclassesthatarefriendsoftheclassimplicitly
inherittheCREATEPRIVATEaddition.AllCREATEadditionscanbe
specifiedforallsuperclassesthatcaninstantiatedasprivateusing
friends.

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17)Cantheconstructorberedefined?
Ans)
No,wecannotredefinetheinstanceconstructorofasuperclassina
subclass,neithercanyoucallonespecificallyusingthestatementCALL
METHODCONSTRUCTOR.

18)Doestheparameterinterfaceoftheinstanceconstructorbechanged
inthesubclass?
Ans)
Theparameterinterfaceforinstanceconstructorofeachclassmaybe
differentinaninheritancetree.

19)Doweneedtocallthesuperclassinstanceconstructorinthe
subclasswheninstanceconstructorisredefined?
Ans)
Duringimplementationofredefinedinstanceconstructorinderivedclass
,theinstanceconstructorofthesuperclassmustbecalledwiththe
CALLMETHODSUPER>constructorEXPORTINGstatement.

20)Inwhichordertheconstructorsexecuteininheritancetree?
Ans)
Thefirsttimeasubclassisaddressedinaprogram,theruntime
environmentreachesforthenexthighestsuperclasswhoseconstructor
hasnotyetbeenexecuted.
Thisconstructorisexecutedfirst,followedbyconstructorsdownthepath
untiltheaddressedsubclassisreached.

21)Canwecalltheinstanceconstructorofthesuperclassinsubclass?
Ans)
Yes,wecancalltheinstanceconstructorofthesuperclassexplicitlyin
subclassinstanceconstructorusingPseudoreference(SUPER>).
Thisistheonlyplacewherewecalltheconstructorexplicitly.

22)Canwecallthestaticconstructorofthesuperclassinsubclass?
Ans)
NO,wecannotcallthestaticconstructorexplicitly.Theruntime
environmentautomaticallyensuresthatthestaticconstructorsarecalled
intherightorder,soitisnotrequiredtocallthestaticconstructorofthe
superclassexplicitly.

23)Whatispolymorphism?

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Whenobjectsfromdifferentclassesreactdifferentlytothesamemethod
calls,thisisknowaspolymorphism.Thisisachievedthroughinheritance
andinterfaces.

24)WhatisNarrowingcast(Upcast)?Explainbriefly?
Ans)
Assigningsubclassreferencetosuperclassreference.Syntaxfor
narrowingcastis=orMOVETO.Ifyouassignasubclassreference
toasuperclassreference,thisensuresthatallcomponentsthatcanbe
accessedsyntacticallyafterthecastassignmentareactuallyavailablein
theinstance.
Thesubclassalwayscontainsatleastthesamecomponentsasthesuper
class.

25)WhatistheuseofNarrowingcast?
Ans)
Typicaluseofnarrowingcastassignmentistoprepareforgenericaccess.
Auserwhoisnotatallinterestedinthefinerpointsoftheinstancesof
thesubclassesbutwhosimplywantstoaddressthesharedcomponents
coulduseasuperclassreferenceforthisaccess.

26)Whichcomponentsofsubclasscanbeaccessedfromsuperclass
referenceusingnarrowingcast?
Ans)
Onlytheinheritedcomponentscanbeaccessedfromsuperclass
referenceafternarrowingcast.

27)WhatisWideningcast(Downcasting)?
Ans)
Assigningsuperclassreferencetosubclassreference.Syntaxfor
wideningcastis?=orMOVE?TO.

28)WhatistheuseofWideningcast?
Ans)
Typicaluseofforwideningcastassignmentsiswhenspecificcomponents
ofinstancesneedtobeaddressedandtheirreferencesarekeptin
variablesthataretypedonthesuperclass.
Auserwhoisinterestedinthefinerpointsoftheinstancesofasubclass
cannotusethesuperclassreferenceforthisaccessbecauseitonly
allowsaccesstothesharedcomponents.

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