def get_names(query):
    """
    Extracts the function and class name from a query string.
    The query string is in the format `Class.function`.
    Functions starts with a lower case letter and classes starts
    with an upper case letter.

    Arguments:
        query: The string to process.

    Returns:
        tuple: A tuple containing the class name, function name,
               and type. The class name or function name can be empty.

    """
    funcname = ''
    classname = ''
    dtype = ''

    members = query.split('.')
    if len(members) == 1:
        # If no class, or function is specified, then it is a module docstring
        if members[0] == '':
            dtype = 'module'
        # Identify class by checking if first letter is upper case
        elif members[0][0].isupper():
            classname = query
            dtype = 'class'
        else:
            funcname = query
            dtype = 'function'
    elif len(members) == 2:
        # Parse method
        classname = members[0]
        funcname = members[1]
        dtype = 'method'
    else:
        raise ValueError('Unable to parse: `%s`' % query)

    return (classname, funcname, dtype)