Application

Class
 What is an Application Class ?
 Benefits of Application Class
 Application Class Structure
 Terminologies
 System variables & Overriding Properties
 Questions ???
Application
Class
App Class is a PeopleCode Program at base level

 Ability to reuse – by writing Generic Code. Base

classes are defined in a way that can be reused
 Easy to Maintain – since all common code resides at
one place.
 Inheritance – Extensibility
 Encapsulation – Ability to hide implementation details
while extending the class; this is implemented
through Private Instance variables and private
methods.
 Dynamic Execution – Call dynamic methods based on
system variables.
General Class
Structure
 Imports
 Class Name
 Class Extensions
 Declaration of Public External interface
 Declaration of private instance variables and methods
 Definition of Methods
 Constructors
General Class
Structure contd…
Subclass:

An Extended Class – Inherits all the public

properties and methods from the extended class

SuperClass: Class being extended

Methods :
1. Procedure or set of PeopleCode –
activated by an Object
2. Methods parameters can be passed by
Reference or passed by value

Property: Attribute of an Object

Constructors:
1. A method with in a Class – holds the same
name as the Class

2. Executed once an Object is instantiated for

the Class – Objects are activated using the keyword
Create ()

3. Used to initialize default values for

Properties & Instance variables

System Variables:

%This
%Super
Class Definition
Class Constructor
Property – Get / Set
Calling Base Class
Class Extension
Instantiate Parent/Base class from Extended Class
Override Method in Extended Class
Call common method from Extended Class
Question 1
Question 2
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