reflect.Value.getCurrentValue

Returns the actual (typed) value of this value object.

Syntax

getCurrentValue( )
  RETURNS any-type

Usage

The getCurrentValue() method returns the typed value of this reflect.Value object.

The returned value is typed: The value pushed on the stack has the original type of the variable or expression used to create this reflect.Value object.

The getCurrentValue() method can for example be used to set the value of an SQL parameter with base.SqlHandle.setParameter(), in order to provide the type and value expected by the SQL database engine.

Example

IMPORT reflect
MAIN
    DEFINE val reflect.Value
    DEFINE dec DECIMAL(10,2)
    DEFINE mon MONEY(10,2)
    DEFINE dtm DATETIME YEAR TO SECOND
    LET dec = -123.45
    LET mon = 1200.45
    LET dtm = CURRENT
    CALL show_variable( reflect.Value.valueOf(dec) )
    CALL show_variable( reflect.Value.valueOf(mon) )
    CALL show_variable( reflect.Value.valueOf(dtm) )
END MAIN

FUNCTION show_variable( var reflect.Value )
    DEFINE t reflect.Type
    LET t = reflect.Type.typeOf( var.getCurrentValue() )
    DISPLAY "Type: ", t.toString(), COLUMN 35, " Value = ", var.getCurrentValue()
END FUNCTION

Shows:

Type: DECIMAL(10,2)                Value =      -123.45
Type: MONEY(10)                    Value =      $1200.45
Type: DATETIME YEAR TO SECOND      Value = 2021-07-18 11:12:34