Module

Xojo.Introspection

Warning

This item was deprecated in version 2020r2. Please use Introspection as a replacement.

Description

This namespace contains methods and classes used for introspection.

Methods

Name

Parameters

Returns

Shared

GetType

obj As Variant

TypeInfo

Method descriptions

Xojo.Introspection.GetType

GetType(obj As Variant) As TypeInfo

Gets a TypeInfo object that describes the supplied object. Before you can do anything with introspection, you need to use this method to get a TypeInfo object.

You can supply any data type, including simple types (Integer, Text, etc.), object instances, arrays and structures.

Each TypeInfo instance that is returned is unique and immutable, so two objects of the same class will always return the same TypeInfo instance.

For classes, you must supply an instance. If you want to get TypeInfo for a class itself, use the GetTypeInfo command.

Gets the TypeInfo for an object and displays its name:

Using Xojo.Introspection
Dim info As TypeInfo = GetType(Self)
Label1.Text = "Object name: " + info.Name

Compatibility

All project types on all supported operating systems.