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Delphi Conventions

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

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.

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
 

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