TStrings

type TStrings = class(TPersistent)

protected

  procedure DefineProperties(); override;

Method to stream the contents of the string collection

  procedure Error();

Raises an EStringListError exception.

  function Get(); virtual; abstract;

Abstract read handler for the TStrings.Strings property.

  function GetCapacity; virtual;

Abstract Read handler for the TStrings.Capacity property.

  function GetCount; virtual; abstract;

Abstract read handler for the TStrings.Count property.

  function GetObject(); virtual;

Abstract read handler for the TStrings.Objects property.

  function GetTextStr; virtual;

Read handler for the TStrings.Text property.

  procedure Put(); virtual;

Write handler for the TStrings.Strings property.

  procedure PutObject(); virtual;

Write handler for the TStrings.Objects property.

  procedure SetCapacity(); virtual;

Write handler for the TStrings.Capacity property.

  procedure SetTextStr(); virtual;

Write handler for the TStrings.Text property.

  procedure SetUpdateState(); virtual;

Sets the update state.

public

  destructor Destroy; override;

Frees all strings and objects, and removes the list from memory.

  function Add(); virtual;

Add a string to the list

  function AddObject(); virtual;

Add a string and associated object to the list.

  procedure Append();

Add a string to the list.

  procedure AddStrings(); virtual;

Add contents of another stringlist to this list.

  procedure Assign(); override;

Assign the contents of another stringlist to this one.

  procedure BeginUpdate;

Mark the beginning of an update batch.

  procedure Clear; virtual; abstract;

Removes all strings and associated objects from the list.

  procedure Delete(); virtual; abstract;

Delete a string from the list.

  procedure EndUpdate;

Mark the end of an update batch.

  function Equals();

Compares the contents of two stringlists.

  procedure Exchange(); virtual;

Exchanges two strings in the list.

  function GetText; virtual;

Returns the contents as a PChar

  function IndexOf(); virtual;

Find a string in the list and return its position.

  function IndexOfName();

Finds the index of a name in the name-value pairs.

  function IndexOfObject();

Finds an object in the list and returns its index.

  procedure Insert(); virtual; abstract;

Insert a string in the list.

  procedure InsertObject();

Insert a string and associated object in the list.

  procedure LoadFromFile(); virtual;

Load the contents of a file as a series of strings.

  procedure LoadFromStream(); virtual;

Load the contents of a stream as a series of strings.

  procedure Move(); virtual;

Move a string from one place in the list to another.

  procedure SaveToFile(); virtual;

Save the contents of the list to a file.

  procedure SaveToStream(); virtual;

Save the contents of the string to a stream.

  procedure SetText(); virtual;

Set the contents of the list from a PChar.

  property Capacity: Integer; [rw]

Capacity of the list, i.e. number of strings that the list can currently hold before it tries to expand.

  property CommaText: String; [rw]

Contents of the list as a comma-separated string.

  property Count: Integer; [r]

Number of strings in the list.

  property Names: String; [r]

Name parts of the name-value pairs in the list.

  property Objects: TObject; [rw]

Indexed access to the objects associated with the strings in the list.

  property Values: String; [rw]

Value parts of the name-value pairs in the list.

  property Strings: String; default; [rw]

Indexed access to teh strings in the list.

  property Text: String; [rw]

Contents of the list as one big string.

  property StringsAdapter: IStringsAdapter; [rw]

Not implemented in Free Pascal.

end;

TStrings

Class to manage arrays or collections of strings

TPersistent

Base class for streaming system and persistent properties.

TObject

TStringList

Standard implementation of the TStrings class.