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TObject

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Base class of all classes.

Declaration

Source position: objpash.inc line 180

type TObject = class

public

  constructor Create;

  

TObject Constructor

  destructor Destroy; virtual;

  

TObject destructor.

public

  class function newinstance; virtual;

  

Allocate memory on the heap for a new instance

public

  procedure FreeInstance; virtual;

  

Clean up instance and free the memory reserved for the instance.

  function SafeCallException(); virtual;

  

Handle exception object

  procedure DefaultHandler(); virtual;

  

Default handler for integer message handlers.

  procedure Free;

  

Check for Nil and call destructor.

public

  class function InitInstance();

  

Initialize a new class instance.

public

  procedure CleanupInstance;

  

Finalize the class instance.

public

  class function ClassType;

  

Return a "class of" pointer for the current class

  class function ClassInfo;

  

Return a pointer to the type information for this class.

  class function ClassName;

  

Return the current class name.

  class function ClassNameIs();

  

Check whether the class name equals the given name.

  class function ClassParent;

  

Return the parent class.

  class function InstanceSize;

  

Return the size of an instance.

  class function InheritsFrom();

  

Check whether class is an ancestor.

  class function StringMessageTable;

  

Return a pointer to the string message table.

  class function MethodAddress();

  

Return the address of a method

  class function MethodName();

  

Return the name of a method.

public

  function FieldAddress();

  

Return the address of a field.

  procedure AfterConstruction; virtual;

  

Method called after the constructor was called.

  procedure BeforeDestruction; virtual;

  

Method called before the destructor is called.

  procedure DefaultHandlerStr(); virtual;

  

Default handler for string messages.

  procedure Dispatch(); virtual;

  

Dispatch an integer message

  procedure DispatchStr(); virtual;

  

Dispatch a string message.

  function GetInterface();

  

Return a reference to an interface

  function GetInterfaceByStr();

  

Return an interface based on its GUID

public

  class function GetInterfaceEntry();

  

Return the interface table entry by GUID

  class function GetInterfaceEntryByStr();

  

Return the interface table entry by string

  class function GetInterfaceTable;

  

Return a pointer to the table of implemented interfaces for a class

  class function UnitName;

  

Unit name

public

  function Equals(); virtual;

  

Check if two objects are equal.

  function GetHashCode; virtual;

  

Return a hash code for the object

  function ToString; virtual;

  

Return a string representation for the object

end;

Inheritance

TObject

  

Base class of all classes.

Description

TObject is the parent root class for all classes in Object Pascal. If a class has no parent class explicitly declared, it is dependent on TObject. TObject introduces class methods that deal with the class' type information, and contains all necessary methods to create an instance at runtime, and to dispatch messages to the correct method (both string and integer messages).

See also

TClass

  

Class of TObject.

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