Runtime Type Information
Back in Chapter 2 you were introduced to Runtime Type Information (RTTI). This chapter delves much deeper into the RTTI innards that will allow you to take advantage of RTTI beyond what you get in the normal usage of the Object Pascal language. In other words, we're going to show you how to obtain type information on objects and data types much similar to the way the Delphi IDE obtains the same information.
So how does RTTI manifest itself? You'll see RTTI at work in at least two areas with which you normally work. The first place is right in the Delphi IDE, as stated earlier. Through RTTI, the IDE magically knows everything about the object and components with which you work (see the Object Inspector). Actually, there's ...
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