Me and type ref

hi all,
i read the book written by dr horst keller and sascha kruger "abap objects" with confusion on the below script. really hope can get the help.
1) confused 1, why creator has no create object and only create reference variable? why no need to create instance of client class?
2) confused 2. why only me? me means everything(attribute/method) of client class? why not define as me->name just like in confused 4?
3) why creator no create object also can creator->name?
report self_reference.
class client definition.
public section.
data name(10) type c value 'master' read-only.
methods create_server.
endclass.
class server definition.
public section.
methods acknowledge importing creator type ref to client. "confused 1
private section.
data name(10) type c value 'servant'.
endclass.
class client implementation.
method create_server.
data server_ref type ref to server.
create object server_ref.
call method server_ref->acknowledge exporting creator = me. "confused 2
endmethod.
endclass.
class server implementation.
method acknowledge.
data name type string.
name = creator->name. "confused 3
write: me->name, 'created by', name. "confused 4
endmethod.
endclass.
data client_ref type ref to client.
start-of-selection.
create object client_ref.
call method client_ref->create_server
the output is "servant created by master".

hi,
i will explain your confusion along with your example...
report self_reference.
class client definition.
public section.
data name(10) type c value 'master' read-only.
methods create_server.
endclass.
class server definition.
public section.
methods acknowledge importing creator type ref to client. "confused 1
private section.
data name(10) type c value 'servant'.
endclass.
class client implementation.
method create_server.
data server_ref type ref to server.
create object server_ref.
call method server_ref->acknowledge exporting creator = me. "confused 2
endmethod.
endclass.
class server implementation.
method acknowledge.
data name type string.
name = creator->name. "confused 3
write: me->name, 'created by', name. "confused 4
endmethod.
endclass.
data client_ref type ref to client.
start-of-selection.
create object client_ref.
call method client_ref->create_server
the output is "servant created by master".
confusion 1:
Normaly while creating an object we have to create a reference variable to class and then create the instance of the class with 'Create Objec' statement, but in this example we are passing a parameter creator of type client is sent to acknowledge method of server class. Here the parameter creator is sent as an reference variable which means that the object is already created and just an reference to that variable is sent to the method acknowledge.
confusion 2:
here 'me' is a self reference variable of a class. It does not mean an attribute or methods of a class, it denotes the object of the class itself in which it is referenced. Normally the 'me' is used for self reference inside the class methods for refering to attributes or methods of the same class.
eg: me->attrib1 or call method me->method1
confusion 3:
An ABAP class has two parts namely a defenition part and an implementaion part. The defenition part of the class contains all the attributes and declaration of the methods, whereas the implementation part contains the actual implementation of methods i.e., defenition of methods. In simple words, the defenition part of the class contains the methods name and what are the parameters like exporting, importing, changing,exceptions, etc., whereas the implementation part contains actual functionality of the method.
As i have already stated that the parameter passed to the method are passed as reference variable, there is no need for creating object seperately and just an reference to already exisiting object is passed as parameter.
so we can obtain the value of the attribute 'name' by means of the reference variable creator which gives the value of the client object.
confusion 4:
'me' is a self reference variable which is nothing but a reference to the same class, so me->name refers to the attribute name of the server class.

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LCHR 256-... Long character string c(m)
LRAW 256-... Long byte string x(m)
NUMC 1-255 numerischer Text n(m)
PREC 2 Accuracy of a quantity field s
QUAN 1-31 Quantity field p((m+1)/2)
RAW 1-255 Byte sequence x(m)
RAWSTRING 256-... Byte sequence xstring
SSTRING 1-255 Character string string
STRING 256-... Character string string
TIMS 6 Time t
UNIT 2-3 Unit key c(m)
For types LCHR and LRAW, the maximum number of places in a transparent database table is the value of the preceding INT2 field.
The types RAWSTRING and STRING have a variable length. A maximum length for these types can be specified, but has no upper limit.
The type SSTRING is available as of release 6.10 and it has a variable length. Its maximum length must be specified and is limited to 255. The advantage of this type compared with CHAR, is that it is assigned to the ABAP type string.
The table below shows the data types of the ABAP Dictionary that are based on the predefined types in the above table, and that can be addressed in an ABAP program. The elementary components of these data types are converted to predefined ABAP data types according to the final column in the above table, whereby the number of places m of each type is converted to lengths.
Data types in the ABAP Dictionary Data types in ABAP
Data element Elementary data type, Reference type
Structure, Database table, View Structured data type
Table type Table type
Note
As of release 6.20, a component of structures or database tables that has the type LANG can be identified as a text language. The text language is used for the conversion of character-type components of the structure when importing data from data clusters and for RFC between MDMP systems and Unicode systems.

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is there a way to create form fields to tab into and type and or drop down selection fields in pages as you can with microsoft word?

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Ive deleted contacts from my contacts list but they still pop up when i go to text and type in the name of a current contact. . How can i delete them off my phones memory for good?

Ive deleted contacts from my contacts list but they still pop up when i go to text and type in the name of a current contact. . How can i delete them off my phones memory for good? iPhone 4S

At the present time, the only way to clear that is to restore the phone as new. Perhaps a future iOS update will give us the option to clear that cache.

I have version 3.6.16 and when I login to my hotmail account, and type the first letter of the email address, a drop down box appears with my hotmail address and I can choose it from that box with a click. How do I get version 4 to do this? Thanks.

I have version 3.6.16 and when I login to my hotmail account, and type the first letter of the email address, a drop down box appears with my hotmail address and I can choose it from that box with a click.
How do I get version 4 to do this?
Thanks.

The new but not-ready-for-prime-time autocomplete method searches for matches that contain the entered text, not just ones that begin with the string. Your options are:
1) type in longer strings that narrow the search
2) use an add-on to search just the beginnings:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1037469
3) install an older version of TB:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/

WHEN I GO TO PRIVACY SETTINGS AND CLICK ON EXCEPTIONS AND TYPE IN A WEB ADDRESS TO ALLOW ALL THE TIME IT DOES NOT SAVE IT THE NEXT TIME I SIGN ON TO FIRE FOX IT IS LOST. IT WORKS FINE ON MY DESKTOP BUT NOT ON MY LAPTOP THAT I JUST BOUGHT in English.

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WHEN I GO TO PRIVACY SETTINGS AND CLICK ON EXCEPTIONS AND TYPE IN A WEB ADDRESS TO ALLOW ALL THE TIME IT DOES NOT SAVE IT THE NEXT TIME I SIGN ON TO FIRE FOX IT IS LOST. IT WORKS FINE ON MY DESKTOP BUT NOT ON MY LAPTOP THAT I JUST BOUGHT in English.

I just updated my whatsapp...clicked on whatsapp in appstore and now can access my whatsapp

I have set up two users, one for myself and one for children. The computer automatically logs in for the children with no password required. When the children go to spotlight and type in a search criteria all of my files show up. How do I prevent this?

I have set up two users, one for myself and one for children. The computer automatically logs in for the children with no password required. When the children go to spotlight and type in a search criteria all of my files show and open up. How do I prevent this?

Log in to your account, and move all your files to your home folder. No other users should be able to access them there and they won't show up with a Spotlight search.
Make sure your kids' account(s) do not have admin privileges.

I "reply"ed to an e-mail message. The next time when I chose to write a new message and type the first letter of the person I replied to earlier, that name and e-mail address appears as a choice included in a pop up list of my contacts.

I "reply"ed to an e-mail message. The next time when I chose to write a new message and type the first letter of the person I replied to earlier, that name and e-mail address appears as a choice included in a pop up list of my contacts. The persons name is not in my contacts and I would like to delete it from popping up. Do you know how I can do this?

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