Get the name of an object's type

Question

Is there a JavaScript equivalent of Java\'s class.getName()?

Answer 1

I was actually looking for a similar thing and came across this question. Here is how I get types: jsfiddle

var TypeOf = function ( thing ) {

    var typeOfThing = typeof thing;

    if ( 'object' === typeOfThing ) {

        typeOfThing = Object.prototype.toString.call( thing );

        if ( '[object Object]' === typeOfThing ) {

            if ( thing.constructor.name ) {
                return thing.constructor.name;
            } 

            else if ( '[' === thing.constructor.toString().charAt(0) ) {
                typeOfThing = typeOfThing.substring( 8,typeOfThing.length - 1 );
            } 

            else {

                typeOfThing = thing.constructor.toString().match( /function\s*(\w+)/ );

                if ( typeOfThing ) { 
                    return typeOfThing[1];
                } 

                else {
                    return 'Function';
                }
            }
        } 

        else {
            typeOfThing = typeOfThing.substring( 8,typeOfThing.length - 1 );
        }
    }

    return typeOfThing.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + typeOfThing.slice(1);
}