TCollectionItem¶

Basic object that is managed by a TCollection class.

Declaration¶

Source position: classesh.inc line 881

type

  TCollectionItem = class(TPersistent)
  public
    constructor Create;
    destructor Destroy;
    function GetNamePath : string;
    property Collection: TCollection; {rw}
    property ID: Integer; {r}
    property Index: Integer; {rw}
    property DisplayName: string; {rw}
  end;

Inheritance¶

Description¶

TCollectionItem and TCollection form a pair of base classes that manage a collection of named objects. The TCollectionItem is the named object that is managed, it represents one item in the collection. An item in the collection is represented by three properties: TCollectionItem.DisplayName, TCollection.Index and TCollectionItem.ID.

A TCollectionItem object is never created directly. To manage a set of named items, it is necessary to make a descendant of TCollectionItem to which needed properties and methods are added. This descendant can then be managed with a TCollection class. The managing collection will create and destroy it's items by itself, it should therefore never be necessary to create TCollectionItem descendants manually.

Properties¶

Member	Visibility	Description
Collection	public	Pointer to the collection managing this item.
DisplayName	public	Name of the item, displayed in the object inspector.
ID read only	public	Initial index of this item.
Index	public	Index of the item in its managing collection TCollection.Items property.

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Methods¶

Member	Visibility	Description
Create	public	Creates a new instance of this collection item.
Destroy	public	Destroys this collection item.
GetNamePath	public	Returns the namepath of this collection item.

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