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.

  function GetNamePath; override;

Overrides TPersistent.GetNamePath to return a proper pathname.

  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.

  property PropName: String; [rw]

Name of the property that this collection represents.

public

  constructor Create();

Creates a new collection.

  destructor Destroy; override;

Destroys the collection and frees all the objects it manages.

  function Add;

Creates and adds a new item to the collection.

  procedure Assign(); override;

Assigns one collection to another.

  procedure BeginUpdate;

Start an update batch.

  procedure Clear;

Removes all items from the collection.

  procedure EndUpdate;

Ends an update batch.

  function FindItemID();

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

  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

TCollectionItem

Basic object that is managed by a TCollection class.