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# PropType

Return the type of a property

## Declaration

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`function PropType(`
`Instance: TObject;`
`const PropName: string`
`):TTypeKind; function PropType(`
`AClass: TClass;`
`const PropName: string`
`):TTypeKind;`

## Description

Proptype returns the type of the property PropName for a class. The class to be examined can be specified in one of 2 ways:

AClass
  A class pointer.
Instance
  An instance of the class.

## Errors

No checks are done to ensure Instance or AClass are valid pointers. Specifying an invalid property name in PropName will result in an EPropertyError exception.

## See also

IsPublishedProp |  | Check whether a published property exists.
IsStoredProp |  | Check whether a property is stored.
PropIsType |  | Check the type of a published property.

## Example

    program example17;

    { This program demonstrates the PropType function }

    {$mode objfpc}

    uses rttiobj,typinfo;

    Var
      O : TMyTestObject;

    begin
      O:=TMyTestObject.Create;
      Writeln('Property tests    : ');
      Write('PropType(O,BooleanField)     : ');
      Writeln(TypeNames[PropType(O,'BooleanField')]);
      Write('PropType(Class,BooleanField) : ');
      Writeln(TypeNames[PropType(O.ClassType,'BooleanField')]);
      Write('PropType(O,ByteField)        : ');
      Writeln(TypeNames[PropType(O,'ByteField')]);
      Write('PropType(Class,ByteField)    : ');
      Writeln(TypeNames[PropType(O.ClassType,'ByteField')]);
      O.Free;
    end.

Documentation generated on: Feb 26 2014