Type Methods

The methods defined in the Type class are summarized in the following table.

Method	Description
allMethods	Populates a method set with all methods of the receiver
findConstant	Returns the specified constant from the current schema
findConstantInSuperschema	Returns the specified constant from the superschema
findProperty	Returns the specified property
getConstant	Returns the constant with the specified name from the receiver class
getConstants	Populates the ConstantNDict class specified in the dict parameter with all constants on the receiver class
getConstantsInSchema	Adds the constants in the specified schema to the specified dictionary
getMethod	Returns the method with the specified name from the receiver class
getMethods	Adds the methods to the specified dictionary
getName	Returns a string containing the name of the class or primitive type
getProperty	Returns the property with the specified name
inheritsFrom	Returns true if the class inherits methods and properties from the specified class
instancesExist	Returns true if instances exist of the class or its subclasses
invokeIOTypeMethod	Sends the specified target type method containing a variable list of parameters to the receiver type instance, after switching to the specified target context execution context
invokeTypeMethod	Sends the specified target type method containing a variable list of parameters to the receiver type instance, after switching to the specified target context execution context
sendTypeMsg	Sends the specified message (a valid type method) to the receiver type instance
sendTypeMsgWithIOParams	Sends the specified message (a valid type method) to the receiver type instance
sendTypeMsgWithParams	Sends the specified message (a valid type method) to the receiver type instance