TCollection

type TCollection = class(TPersistent)

protected

  function GetAttrCount; dynamic;

Returns the count of attributes associated with each item.

  function GetAttr(); dynamic;

Returns an attribute of the collection.

  function GetItemAttr(); dynamic;

Returns the attributes of an item.

  procedure Changed;

Procedure called if an item is added to or removed from the collection.

  function GetItem();

Read handler for the TCollection.Items property.

  procedure SetItem();

Write handler for the TCollection.Items property.

  procedure SetItemName(); virtual;

Virtual method to set the name of the specified item

  procedure SetPropName; virtual;

Write handler for the TCollection.PropName property

  procedure Update(); virtual;

Hander called when an item in the collection has changed.

  procedure Notify(); virtual;

  property PropName: String; [rw]

Name of the property that this collection represents.

  property UpdateCount: Integer; [r]

public

  constructor Create();

Creates a new collection.

  destructor Destroy; override;

Destroys the collection and frees all the objects it manages.

  function Owner;

Owner of the collection.

  function Add;

Creates and adds a new item to the collection.

  procedure Assign(); override;

Assigns one collection to another.

  procedure BeginUpdate; virtual;

Start an update batch.

  procedure Clear;

Removes all items from the collection.

  procedure EndUpdate; virtual;

Ends an update batch.

  procedure Delete();

Delete an item from the collection.

  function GetEnumerator;

Create an IEnumerator instance

  function GetNamePath; override;

Overrides TPersistent.GetNamePath to return a proper pathname.

  function Insert();

Insert an item in the collection.

  function FindItemID();

Searches for an Item in the collection, based on its TCollectionItem.ID property.

  procedure Exchange();

Exchange 2 items in the collection

  procedure Sort();

Sort the items in the collection

  property Count: Integer; [r]

Number of items in the collection.

  property ItemClass: TCollectionItemClass; [r]

Class pointer for each item in the collection.

  property Items: TCollectionItem; [rw]

Indexed array of items in the collection.

end;

TCollection

Base class to manage collections of named objects.

TPersistent

Base class for streaming system and persistent properties.

TObject

Base class of all classes.

TCollectionItem

Basic object that is managed by a TCollection class.