Those APIs are for some very specific and common manipulations on
objects, and are largely based on the fact the signature guarantees of
native methods can be used to ensure you are working with an exact
instance of the String class. For more general usage, invoking any of
the methods of an object are still available.
Rick
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:17 AM, Mike Cowlishaw <m...@speleotrove.com> wrote:
>
>> IsString() is intended for tests to determine if an object
>> can be used for any the String APIs, not for general IsA
>> tests. Note the using
>> IsOfType() to test for a String value does not guarantee the
>> object can be used with the String APIs.
>
> So what might it be used for? ("APIs" includes or excludes methods of the
> String class?)
>
> Mike
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