TFPObjectList.FindInstanceOf function

Member of TFPObjectListpublicIn unit Contnrs

Search for an instance of a certain class.

Declaration

pascal

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

Arguments

`AClass`	The class to look for.
`AExact`	Should the class match exact or nor.
`AStartAt`	Index to start the search at.

Function result

The index of the first instance of the requested class.

Description

FindInstanceOf will look through the instances in the list and will return the index of the first instance which is a descendent of class AClass if AExact is False. If AExact is true, then the instance should be of class AClass.

If no instance of the requested class is found, -1 is returned.

Errors

None.