LIKE(object-name)

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.

Figure 1. Defining objects LIKE other objects

* 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)

Note: You cannot use the *LIKE DEFINE operation to define an object. You must use the LIKE keyword.