TReader Members

The following tables list the members exposed by TReader.

	Name	Description
	Error	This is Error, a member of class TReader.
	FindAncestorComponent	This is FindAncestorComponent, a member of class TReader.
	FindMethod	This is FindMethod, a member of class TReader.
	FindMethodInstance	This is FindMethodInstance, a member of class TReader.
	PropertyError	This is PropertyError, a member of class TReader.
	ReadData	This is ReadData, a member of class TReader.
	ReadProperty	This is ReadProperty, a member of class TReader.
	ReadPropValue	This is ReadPropValue, a member of class TReader.
	ReadSet	This is ReadSet, a member of class TReader.
	ReferenceName	This is ReferenceName, a member of class TReader.
	SetName	This is SetName, a member of class TReader.
	SetPosition	This is SetPosition, a member of class TReader.
	SetRoot	This is SetRoot, a member of class TFiler.
	SkipBytes	This is SkipBytes, a member of class TReader.
	SkipComponent	This is SkipComponent, a member of class TReader.
	SkipProperty	This is SkipProperty, a member of class TReader.
	SkipSetBody	This is SkipSetBody, a member of class TReader.

Protected Properties

	Name	Description
	CanHandleExceptions	This is CanHandleExceptions, a member of class TReader.
	PropName	This is PropName, a member of class TReader.

Public Events

	Name	Description
	OnAncestorNotFound	Occurs when the object from which a streamed object is derived cannot be found.
	OnCreateComponent	Occurs when the reader has read a component's class but has not yet instantiated the component.
	OnError	Occurs when a reader object encounters an error reading its data, such as reading the name of an undeclared property or an illegal value.
	OnFindComponentClass	Occurs when a reader first reads the name of a component class.
	OnFindComponentInstance	This is OnFindComponentInstance, a member of class TReader.
	OnFindMethod	Occurs each time the reader object reads an event, which is a method-pointer property, for an object.
	OnFindMethodInstance	This is OnFindMethodInstance, a member of class TReader.
	OnReferenceName	Occurs when resolving references to other objects such as when one object is the property value of another.
	OnSetName	Occurs just before the reader object sets the Name property of a component it reads from its stream.

Public Methods

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

Public Properties

	Name	Description
	Ancestor	Determines whether to write the properties of inherited components.
	IgnoreChildren	Enables a writer object to save a component without saving the components it owns.
	LookupRoot	Specifies the root component for resolving names while loading and saving components.
	Owner	Stores the component that is assigned as the Owner property of components read from the reader object's stream.
	Parent	Stores the component that is assigned as the Parent property of controls read from the reader's stream.
	Position	Represents the current reading position in the associated stream.
	Root	Indicates which object is the root, or ultimate owner, of the objects read or written by the filer.

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