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Methods are declared using the statements
that are only possible in the declaration part of classes and interfaces.
Methods determine the behavior of a class. Instance methods are declared by the statement METHODS. Static methods are declared by the statement CLASS-METHODS. The declaration defines the interface of a method. For special tasks there are different types of methods:
Each of these methods can be declared as an instance method or as a static method. Also available, are the
of ABAP Unit, which can only be declared as instance methods.