staticTypeOf() Operation

set type = anyObject.staticTypeOf();

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

type

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

Find a list of all build-in type strings on Type Strings. Other, e.g. model specific, types can be referenced via their path in the Service Panel, see example below.

anyObject

Can be any object.

Assume you have the following class structure:

A type Customer derives from a type Person and adds an additional attribute.

Now assume further you have an object of each class (aPerson and aCustomer) and the following action script:

set aPerson = aCustomer;

typeOfaPerson will be Customer:

set typeOfaPerson = aPerson.typeOf();

staticTypeOfaPerson will be Person, which is the type the object had originally been created with:

set staticTypeOfaPerson = aPerson.staticTypeOf();

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