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The TObject type defines the base class type. It is the oldest grandparent of all classes - every class is ultimately derived from TObject.
Because of this, every object inherits the methods of TObject.
The TObject methods fall into two categories - class and non-class. When prefixed by the keyword Class, a method may be called in both an object of the class, and in the class itself. Such a static method cannot access any class fields because a class has no data itself - only instantiated classes - objects - have data.
Some key Class (static) methods:
| function ClassName | Gives the class name as a string |
| ClassParent | Gives the class parent name |
| ClassInfo | Gives class Run Time info |
| InstanceSize | Size of class object in bytes |
| NewInstance | Creates a new class object |
Some key Object methods:
| Create | Empty object creator |
| Free | Calls Destroy for a non-nil object ref |
| Destroy | Releases object storage |
| AfterConstruction | Called after construction |
| BeforeDestruction | Called before destruction |
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| Class |
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Starts the declaration of a type of object class |
| Printer |
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Returns a reference to the global Printer object |
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| Example code : Using TObject methods inherited in a TForm subclass |
begin
// The unit form was derived from TObject.
// So we can use methods of TObject:
ShowMessage('Form1 object class name = '+
Form1.ClassName);
ShowMessage('Form1 object class parent name = '+
Form1.ClassParent.ClassName);
ShowMessage('Form1 object instance size = '+
IntToStr(Form1.InstanceSize));
// And now on TObject itself
ShowMessage('TObject class name = '+
TObject.ClassName);
ShowMessage('TObject instance size = '+
IntToStr(TObject.InstanceSize));
end;
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Form1 object class name = TForm1
Form1 object parent class name = TForm
Form1 object instance size = 764
TObject class name = TObject
TObject instance size = 4
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