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Delphi Conventions

Enterprise Architect supports round trip engineering of Delphi, where the following conventions are used.

Reference

Stereotypes

Stereotype	Applies To	Corresponds To
constructor	Operation	A constructor.
destructor	Operation	A destructor.
dispinterface	Class, Interface	A dispatch interface.
enumeration	Class	An enumerated type.
metaclass	Class	A metaclass type.
object	Class	An object type.
operator	Operation	An operator.
property get	Operation	A read property.
property set	Operation	A write property.
struct	Class	A record type.

Tagged Values

Tag	Applies To	Corresponds To
attribute_name	Operation with stereotype property get or property set	The name of the variable behind this property.
overload	Operation	The overload keyword.
override	Operation	The override keyword.
packed	Class	The packed keyword.
property	Class	A property; see Delphi Properties for more information.
reintroduce	Operation	The reintroduce keyword.

Topics

Topic

Detail

See also

Other Conventions

•	The Static property of an attribute or operation corresponds to the class keyword

•	The Fixed property of a parameter corresponds to the const keyword

•	The value of inout for the Kind property of a parameter corresponds to the Var keyword

•	The value of out for the Kind property of a parameter corresponds to the Out keyword

Learn more

•	Import Source Code

•	Generate Source Code

•	Delphi Options

•	Delphi Properties

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