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SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE myType
  2  AUTHID CURRENT_USER IS OBJECT
  3  ( my_number NUMBER
  4  , my_name   VARCHAR2(20 CHAR)
  5  , CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION myType RETURN SELF AS RESULT
  6  , CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION myType (my_number NUMBER, my_name   VARCHAR2 )RETURN SELF AS RESULT
  7  , MEMBER PROCEDURE print_instance_variable
  8  , ORDER MEMBER FUNCTION equals( my_class myType ) RETURN NUMBER )
  9  INSTANTIABLE NOT FINAL;
 10  /

Type created.

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SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BODY myType AS
  2
  3    
  4    CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION myType
  5    RETURN SELF AS RESULT IS
  6
  7      
  8      my_instance_number NUMBER := 0;
  9      my_instance_name   VARCHAR2(20 CHAR) := '';
 10
 11    BEGIN
 12
 13      
 14      SELF.my_number := my_instance_number;
 15      SELF.my_name := my_instance_name;
 16
 17      
 18      RETURN;
 19
 20    END;
 21
 22    
 23    CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION myType( my_number NUMBER , my_name   VARCHAR2 )
 24    RETURN SELF AS RESULT IS
 25
 26    BEGIN
 27
 28      
 29      SELF.my_number := my_number;
 30      SELF.my_name := my_name;
 31
 32      
 33      RETURN;
 34
 35    END;
 36
 37    
 38    MEMBER PROCEDURE print_instance_variable IS
 39
 40    BEGIN
 41      
 42      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Instance Number ['||SELF.my_number||']');
 43      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Instance Name   ['||SELF.my_name||']');
 44
 45    END;
 46
 47    
 48    ORDER MEMBER FUNCTION equals( my_class myType )
 49    RETURN NUMBER IS
 50
 51      
 52      false_value NUMBER := 0;
 53      true_value  NUMBER := 1;
 54
 55    BEGIN
 56
 57      
 58      IF SELF.my_number = my_class.my_number AND
 59         SELF.my_name = my_class.my_name     THEN
 60
 61        
 62        RETURN true_value;
 63
 64      ELSE
 65
 66        
 67        RETURN false_value;
 68
 69      END IF;
 70
 71    END;
 72
 73  END;
 74  /

Type body created.

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32.1.Object Type
32.1.1.Creating Object Types
32.1.2.Object instances and initialization
32.1.3.Nested object
32.1.4.Declare a function.
32.1.5.The MEMBER FUNCTION clause declares the getByDate() function.
32.1.6.The body defines the code for the method, and a body is created using the CREATE TYPE BODY statement.
32.1.7.Create a synonym and a public synonym for a type
32.1.8.Using DESCRIBE to Get Information on Object Types
32.1.9.Object types with member functions
32.1.10.add attribute
32.1.11.drop attribute
32.1.12.Object elements are referenced by using variable.attribute and variable.method notation.
32.1.13.Call data type member function in PL/SQL
32.1.14.Call data type constructor to initialize it
32.1.15.You must create an instance of the object first. With object types, you cannot just start assigning values to attributes.
32.1.16.You can set the depth to which DESCRIBE will show information using SET DESCRIBE DEPTH.
32.1.17.Use objects in SQL, First, you can use object types as attributes in a traditional relational way)
32.1.18.Alternatively, you can create an object table.
32.1.19.Use Object PL/SQL
32.1.20.Retrieve object as a whole
32.1.21.Using Objects
32.1.22.Combine user-defined type to create new type
32.1.23.Use self to reference member variable
32.1.24.Overloading based on user defined object types.