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Object-oriented Programming
Programming with Class-based Objects : Verifying the type and validity of an object reference
 

Verifying the type and validity of an object reference

Given an object reference, before you use it, you can:
*Test it to ensure that it references an object instance using the VALID-OBJECT built-in function
*Validate the type of the object represented by the object reference using the TYPE-OF built-in function
* VALID-OBJECT function
* TYPE-OF function