| Return Type of Business Object Method |  |
| Business objects or business object components are either public or protected. If they are public, they have both public and protected methods and arguments. If they are protected, they have only protected methods and arguments. Public methods can only have return type Long. Protected methods can have any of the following return types. String string Long long Public methods can only have this return type. Float float Date The local date, which is stored as a long number in UTC format, but represented in the user interface as a local date. UTC Universal Time Coordinated Void Empty. Complex An XML tree. |