Class: Class
Description
This method indicates whether the class named in the first argument is an ancestor of the class named in the second argument.
Syntax
Class.isAncestor(String className1,String className2)
Parameters
|
className1 |
The name of the ancestor class |
|
className2 |
The name of the descendant class |
Returns
A Boolean:
1 if the class named by className1 is an
ancestor of the class named by className2.
0 if the class named by className1 is not an ancestor of the class named
by className2.
When Became Available
v7.0
Example
type Boolean TRUE = Class.isAncestor("Record","RecordDEP")
// wrong order presumably
type Boolean FALSE = Class.isAncestor("String","Primitive")
// Class, Db, and Runtime descent directly from Object
set FALSE = Class.isAncestor("Reference","Db")