GetClass( ) method (Progress.Lang.Class)

Returns the object reference for the Progress.Lang.Class instance associated with a specified class or interface type.

Return type:

Progress.Lang.Class class

Access:

PUBLIC STATIC

Applies to:

Progress.Lang.Class class

 

Syntax 

GetClass ( object-type-name )

object-type-name

A CHARACTER expression that evaluates to a fully qualified object type name.

If object-type-name does not evaluate to a valid ABL class or interface type, this method returns the Unknown value (?).

Note:

Because the Progress.Lang.Class class has a private constructor, you cannot inherit from it. Therefore you must always invoke this static method using its class type name.

As an alternative to the GetClass() method, the GET-CLASS function also returns the object reference for the given class or interface, but it takes a type name as an argument instead of a CHARACTER expression.

See also:

GET-CLASS function