ABAP Runtime Environment (BC-ABA)

Finale global class whose instances serve as area handles. The instance attributes of an area class represent the properties of an area. The methods of an area class serve the access to the area. All area classes are subclasses of CL_ABAP_MEMORY_AREA. During the creation of areas, area classes with the same name are created as subclasses of CL_SHM_AREA. CL_IMODE_AREA is a special predefined area class, its instance represents the area handle for the internal session of a program.