Returns the object reference for the Progress.Lang.Class
instance associated with the specified class or interface type.
Syntax
GET-CLASS ( object-type-name )
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object-type-name
- Specifies the type name of an ABL or .NET class or interface
type, using the syntax described in the Type-name syntax reference
entry. With an appropriate USING statement,
you can also specify an unqualified class or interface name alone.
If object-type-name is not the name of an existing
ABL class that can be found on PROPATH or (for Windows) a .NET class
that can be resolved based on the assemblies.xml file in use, a
compiler error will result.
Example
Unlike
the GetClass() method of Progress.Lang.Class, GET-CLASS takes a type
name as its argument instead of a CHARACTER expression that holds
a type name. As a result, USING statements can be applied to the
argument, and the compiler checks the type name at compile time.
The
following code uses GET-CLASS to determine if acme.myObjs.CustObj
is FINAL:
USING Progress.Lang.*.
USING acme.myObjs.*.
DEFINE VARIABLE lFinal AS LOGICAL.
lFinal = GET-CLASS(CustObj):IsFinal().
MESSAGE "Is the class FINAL? " lFinal VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX.
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