---
title: typeObjectBeingExamined
framework: coreservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: coreservices/typeobjectbeingexamined
---

# typeObjectBeingExamined

## Declaration

```swift
var typeObjectBeingExamined: DescType { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Specifies a descriptor that acts as a placeholder for each of the successive elements in a container when the Apple Event Manager tests those elements one at a time. The descriptor has a null data storage pointer. This descriptor type is used only with formTest.