TFPHashObjectList.FindInstanceOf function

Member of TFPHashObjectListpublicIn unit Contnrs

Search an instance of a certain class.

Declaration

pascal

function FindInstanceOf(AClass: TClass; AExact: Boolean; 
 AStartAt: Integer): Integer

Arguments

`AClass`	Class to search for.
`AExact`	Should the class match exactly, or also consider descendents.
`AStartAt`	Position in list to start search.

Function result

First instance of AClass after position AStartAt.

Description

FindInstanceOf searches the list for an instance of class AClass. It starts searching at position AStartAt. If AExact is True, only instances of class AClass are considered. If AExact is False, then descendent classes of AClass are also taken into account when searching. If no instance is found, Nil is returned.

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.