You can use the LIKE keyword to specify that one object has the same class as a previously defined object. Only the values on the CLASS keyword are inherited.
* Variables MyString and OtherString are both Java String objects. D MyString S O CLASS(*JAVA D :'java.lang.String') D OtherString S LIKE(MyString) * Proc is a Java method returning a Java String object D Proc PR EXTPROC(*JAVA:'MyClass':'meth') D LIKE(MyString)