self:get_type

Shared

Retrieves the type name of the instance

local result = self:get_type()

No parameters are accepted by this function

Type	Name	Description
`string` \| `bool`	result	Type of the instance, `false` if unavailable

Get the type of a thread instance

local entity = util.thread.create(function(self)
    self:sleep(2000)
end)

entity:resume()
core.engine.print("info", self:get_type()) -- 'thread'

self:is_type

Checks whether the instance belongs to the specified type

self:destroy

Destroys the thread instance and frees its resources