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Any Methods

The methods defined in the Any primitive type are summarized in the following table.

Method Returns …
asString A string representing the value of a primitive type or the object id of an object reference
display The string "Any"
getName A string representing the value of a primitive type or the name of the receiver class if it is an object reference
isKindOf true if the type of the receiver is of the type specified by the type parameter