FHIRPath Function: type

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Summary

• Category: Reflection
• Section: 10.2.2
• Return Type: collection
• Empty Input Result: empty
• Errors on Multiple Input: false

Description

Returns the type information for each element of the input collection, using concrete subtypes of TypeInfo. For primitive types such as String and Integer, the result is a SimpleTypeInfo. For complex types, the result is a ClassInfo.

Arguments

• none

Type Mapping

• Any-Any

Example

('John' | 'Mary').type()
// { SimpleTypeInfo { namespace: 'System', name: 'String', baseType: 'System.Any' }, SimpleTypeInfo { namespace: 'System', name: 'String', baseType: 'System.Any' } }