typeOf() Operation

Returns the type of any object at run-time. To get the type the object has had at compile-time use the staticTypeOf() Operation. typeOf() and staticTypeOf() may return the same type, though.

type

Can be any variable or object attribute having the type String. 

anyObject

Can be any object.

set aString = anObject.attribute if anObject.attribute.typeOf() = "urn:Base_Types.String";

aString gets the value of anObject.attribute assigned, if the type matches.

Find below a list of all Bridge Base Types together with their type string as returned by typeOf() and staticTypeOf().

Other, e.g. model specific, types can be referenced via their path in the containment tree, e.g. a class customer that has been defined in the UML package Services/TypeOperationsService/Classes/Customer would have the following type string:
"urn:Services.TypeOperationsService.Classes.Customer".