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The GetType method returns the class type of the current object instance.
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If a variable is assigned an object reference that is inherited from the variable type, then GetType shows the assigned class, not the original declaration class.
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| Microsoft MSDN Links |
System
System.Object
System.Object.GetType
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| A simple example |
program Project1;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
type
Level1 = Class(System.Object);
Level2 = Class(Level1);
var
obj0 : System.Object;
obj1 : Level1;
obj2 : Level2;
obj3 : System.Object;
begin
// Create some objects and show their types
obj0 := System.Object.Create;
obj1 := Level1.Create;
obj2 := Level2.Create;
obj3 := obj2;
Console.WriteLine('obj0 type = ' + obj0.GetType.ToString);
Console.WriteLine('obj1 type = ' + obj1.GetType.ToString);
Console.WriteLine('obj2 type = ' + obj2.GetType.ToString);
Console.WriteLine('obj3 type = ' + obj3.GetType.ToString);
Console.ReadLine;
end.
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obj0 type = System.Object
obj1 type = Project1.Level1
obj2 type = Project1.Level2
obj3 type = Project1.Level2
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