by the resolver, before returning. If this property is
 not <code>true</code> after this method is called, the caller should ignore the return value.
 </p>

 <p>
 This is not always the same as <code>getValue().getClass()</code>. For example, in the case of an
 <a href="ArrayELResolver.html" title="class in jakarta.el"><code>ArrayELResolver</code></a>, the <code>getType</code> method will return the element type of the array, which might be a
 superclass of the type of the actual element that is currently i