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How to get the class name of an object in TypeScript at runtime?

Hello everyone! I'm new to TypeScript and ran into a problem. I have a class hierarchy, and I need to find out at runtime which specific class an object is an instance of. In regular JavaScript, I would use `obj.constructor.name`, but in TypeScript this doesn't work as I expect. Here's an example code: ```typescript class Animal { name: string; constructor(name: string) { this.name = name; } } class Dog extends Animal { breed: string; constructor(name: string, breed: string) { super(name); this.breed = breed; } } const myPet = new Dog('Rex', 'Labrador'); // Trying to get the class name console.log(myPet.constructor.name); // This works in JS, but in TS... ``` The problem is that when TypeScript compiles to JavaScri