Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Object-oriented Programming

Getting a Progress.Lang.Class instance

You can get an instance of a Progress.Lang.Class for an instantiated class-based object by invoking the Progress GetClass( ) method on any valid object reference.

This is the syntax to get a Progress.Lang.Class for an instantiated object:

Syntax

class-reference = object-reference:GetClass( ).

Element descriptions for this syntax diagram follow:

class-reference

An object reference defined as the data type, Progress.Lang.Class.

object-reference

A reference to an instantiated class-based object.

For example:

DEFINE VARIABLE myCustObj AS CLASS acme.myObjs.CustObj NO-UNDO. DEFINE VARIABLE myType AS CLASS Progress.Lang.Class NO-UNDO. myCustObj = NEW acme.myObjs.CustObj ( ). myType = myCustObj:GetClass( ).