Getting cl_abap_structdescr for method parameters of LOCAL classes?

Hi guys
I have a bit of a of a problem with getting an instance of the cl_abap_structdescr class for a method parameter type of a local class. The RTTI structure abap_parmdescr can only be used to diffrentiate between the basic built-in ABAP types and whether types are structures, tables or references. The question now arrives that once you have diffentiated that the parameter is a structure how do you determine the actual structure TYPE name for local classes to create an instance of the cl_abap_structdescr to continue your run-time analysis. For dictionary classes the parameter type name can be retrieved from the seosubcodf table, to me it looks as if one would have to resort to scanning the source code of local classes to arrive at the actual structure type name, but before I go to THAT kind of trouble I was wondering whether somebody out there might have a better solution for me. Your help would be grreatly appreciated and rewarded ;).
Kind regards
Ettienne Hugo

Hello Uwe
Thanks for your reply, I checked out the CL_OO_LOCAL_CLASSES class, unfortunately the class actually operates on the local classes declared for a dictionary class. I think to clarify my question I should point out that the parameters I'm trying to process are parameters that belong to classes that are defined and implemented using include programs, these include programs would then typically be used in Function Groups to construct applications so the classes that I refer to are actually not in any way related to dictionary classes. The cl_abap_classdescr class works fine on these types of classes when you refer to them using the "\PROGRAM=my_program\CLASS=my_class" format with the describe_by_name method, unfortunately the class just does not provide sufficient information for structure type parameters to actually construct them during run-time...
Stay well
Ettienne

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