Determine wsadmin variable types

To determine the type of something returned by AdminConfig or AdminTask .... for example AdminTask.listSignerCertificates( .... )

Use the type command

e.g.

certs =  AdminTask.listSignerCertificates('[-keyStoreName ford -keyStoreScope (cell):marvin']')
print type(certs)

(Ref http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0801_simms/0801_simms.html)