TSharedRasterImage

type TSharedRasterImage = class(TSharedImage)

protected

  procedure FreeHandle; override;

Release the handle for this image and free its resources

  function ReleaseHandle; virtual;

ReleaseHandle - returns the identity of the handle that has just been released

  function IsEmpty; virtual;

IsEmpty - checks if there is actually an image at the reference, and returns True if there is not

public

  constructor Create; virtual;

  procedure CreateDefaultHandle(); virtual; abstract;

CreateDefaultHandle - virtual abstract method for creating a default handle for the shared raster image

  destructor Destroy; override;

  function HandleAllocated; override;

Has a handle been allocated for this image?

  property BitmapCanvas: TCanvas; [rw]

BitmapCanvas - the canvas to be used for painting this bitmap

  property SaveStream: TMemoryStream; [rw]

SaveStream - the memory stream to be used for saving this image

end;

TSharedRasterImage

TSharedRasterImage - a reference counted raster image (may be shared between several controls)

TSharedImage

TSharedImage - base class for reference counted images

TObject