DataComponent.classType Method

Parent Object: DataComponent

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Defined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/Dashboard/DataComponent.h>

Description

Static function that all classes support that returns the type of the class as a string. The returned string matches the string returned by the objectType property. For example if you have a reference to an object and you want to check if it's a SketchLine you can use myObject.objectType == fusion.SketchLine.classType().

Syntax

This is a static method.

returnValue = adsk.core.DataComponent.classType()
This is a static method.

#include <Core/Dashboard/DataComponent.h>

returnValue = adsk::core::DataComponent::classType();

Return Value

Type Description
string Returns a string indicating the type of the object.

Version

Introduced in version May 2024