In Oracle, how do I verify the object type used from an object type hierarchy?

Question

I have a Type hierarchy in an Oracle Schema:

CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE FV AS OBJECT (
   idno           NUMBER)
NOT FINAL;
/

CREATE TYPE FV_Integer UNDER FV (
   features INTEGER_ARRAY)
   NOT FINAL;
/


CREATE TYPE FV_Number UNDER FV (
   features NUMBER_ARRAY)
   NOT FINAL;
/

I want to build a PLSQL function that veryfies which type of the hierarchy is an object: for a function dummy(obj1 FV, obj2 FV)... how can I check what is the object type of the hierarchy the user is using?

For example, I want to print the objects type names (the function is for ilustration, it is not a real pl/sql code):

 dummy(obj1 FV, obj2 FV){
      if obj1%type = FV_INTEGER
          THEN print 'FV_INTEGER'
      endif
      if obj2%type = FV_NUMBER
          THEN print 'FV_NUMBER'
      endif
}

Answer 1

You can inspect the type of an object using sys.anydata:

create or replace function which_type
    ( p_fv fv )
    return varchar2
as
begin
    return sys.anydata.gettypename(sys.anydata.convertobject(p_fv));
end which_type;

Test:

create or replace type number_array as table of number;
create or replace type integer_array as table of integer;

create or replace type fv as object (
   idno           number)
not final;
/

create type fv_integer under fv (
   features integer_array)
   not final;
/

create type fv_number under fv (
   features number_array)
   not final;
/

create table fv_test (my_fv fv);

insert into fv_test values (fv(1));
insert into fv_test values (fv_integer(1, integer_array(1)));
insert into fv_test values (fv_number(1, number_array(1)));

select which_type(my_fv) from fv_test;

WHICH_TYPE(MY_FV)
-------------------------
WILLIAM.FV
WILLIAM.FV_INTEGER
WILLIAM.FV_NUMBER

3 rows selected.