System.Classes.TReader Methods

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AfterConstruction	public	Responds after the last constructor has executed.
BeforeDestruction	public	Responds before the first destructor executes.
BeginReferences	public	Starts a block of commands that read components that might contain references to other components.
CheckDisposed	protected
CheckValue	public	Checks that the next value to be read from the stream is of a specified type.
ClassInfo	public	Returns a pointer to the run-time type information (RTTI) table for the object type.
ClassName	public	Returns a string indicating the type of the object instance (as opposed to the type of the variable passed as an argument).
ClassNameIs	public	Determines whether an object is of a specific type.
ClassParent	public	Returns the type of the immediate ancestor of a class.
ClassType	public	Returns the class reference for the object's class.
CleanupInstance	public	Performs finalization on long strings, variants, and interface variables within a class.
CopyValue	public	Copies data while reading components.
Create	public
DefaultHandler	public	Provides the interface for a method that processes message records.
DefineBinaryProperty	public	Defines binary data the reader object reads as if the data were a published property.
DefineProperty	public	Defines data the reader object reads as if it were a published property.
Destroy	public	Moves the current position of the stream back to the beginning before calling the inherited destructor.
Dispatch	public	Calls message-handling methods for the object, based on the contents of the Message parameter.
DisposeOf	public	DisposeOf forces the execution of the destructor code in an object.
EndOfList	public	Indicates the end of a group of items that are sequentially read from the stream.
EndReferences	public	Terminates a block of code that reads components from the reader object's stream that might contain references to each other.
Equals	public	Checks whether the current instance and the parameter are equal.
Error	protected
FieldAddress	public	Returns the address of a published object field.
FindAncestorComponent	protected
FindMethod	protected
FindMethodInstance	protected
FixupReferences	public	Resolves references when streaming properties that are represented by another component.
FlushBuffer	public	Synchronizes the reader's buffer with its stream's buffer.
Free	public	Destroys an object and frees its associated memory, if necessary.
FreeInstance	public	Deallocates memory allocated by a previous call to the NewInstance method.
GetDisposed	protected
GetHashCode	public	Returns an integer containing the hash code.
GetInterface	public	Retrieves a specified interface.
GetInterfaceEntry	public	Returns the entry for a specific interface implemented in a class.
GetInterfaceTable	public	Returns a pointer to a structure containing all of the interfaces implemented by a given class.
InheritsFrom	public	Determines the relationship of two object types.
InitInstance	public	Initializes a newly allocated object instance to all zeros and initializes the instance's virtual method table pointer.
InstanceSize	public	Returns the size in bytes of each instance of the object type.
MethodAddress	public	Returns the address of a class method by name.
MethodName	public	Returns the name of a class method by address.
NewInstance	public	Allocates memory for an instance of an object type and returns a pointer to that new instance.
NextValue	public	Returns the type of the next item in the reader object's stream without moving the position of the stream.
PropertyError	protected
QualifiedClassName	public	Returns the qualified name of the class.
Read	public	Reads data from the associated stream.
ReadBoolean	public	Reads a boolean from the reader object's stream and returns that boolean value.
ReadChar	public	Reads a character from the reader object's stream and returns that character value.
ReadCollection	public	Reads a collection from the reader object's stream and returns that character value.
ReadComponent	public	Reads the component specified by Instance from the stream and returns the component.
ReadComponents	public	Reads a list of owned components from the reader object's associated stream.
ReadCurrency	public	Reads a Currency value from the reader object's stream and returns its value.
ReadData	protected
ReadDate	public	Reads a TDateTime value from the reader object's stream and returns its value.
ReadDouble	public	Reads a double type floating point number from the reader object's stream and returns its value.
ReadFloat	public	Reads a floating-point number from the reader object's stream and returns its value.
ReadIdent	public	Reads an identifier from the reader object's stream and returns the identifier.
ReadInt64	public	Reads an 64-bit integer from the reader object's stream and returns its value.
ReadInteger	public	Reads an integer-type number from the reader object's stream and returns its value.
ReadListBegin	public	Reads a start-of-list marker from the reader object's associated stream.
ReadListEnd	public	Reads an end-of-list marker from the reader object's associated stream.
ReadPrefix	public	Reads preliminary information concerning form inheritance for a component.
ReadProperty	protected
ReadPropValue	protected
ReadRootComponent	public	Reads a component and all its owned components from the reader object's stream.
ReadSet	protected
ReadSignature	public	Reads the filer signature from the reader object's associated stream.
ReadSingle	public	Reads a float value from the reader object's stream and returns its value.
ReadStr	public	Reads one character from the reader object's stream and returns its contents.
ReadString	public	Reads a tagged string value written by WriteString from the reader object's stream and returns its contents.
ReadValue	public	Reads the type of the next item on the reader object's stream and returns with the stream positioned after the value-type indicator.
ReadVar	public
ReadVariant	public	Reads a Variant value from the reader object's stream and returns its value.
ReadWideChar (deprecated)	public	Reads a wide character from the reader object's stream and returns that character value.
ReadWideString (deprecated)	public	Reads a tagged wide string value from the reader object's stream and returns its contents.
ReferenceName	protected
SafeCallException	public	Handles exceptions in methods declared using the safecall calling convention.
SetName	protected
SetPosition	protected
SetRoot	protected
SkipBytes	protected
SkipComponent	protected
SkipProperty	protected
SkipSetBody	protected
SkipValue	public	Skips the next value read from the stream.
ToString	public	Returns a string containing the class name.
UnitName	public	Returns the name of the unit where the class is defined.
UnitScope	public	Returns the class's unit scope.