Unit 'MUIClass.Base'	Package
[Overview][Constants][Types][Classes][Procedures and functions][Variables][Index]	[#MUIClass]

TMUIDataspace

[Properties (by Name)] [Methods (by Name)] [Events (by Name)]

A very simple container for all kinds of data

Declaration

Source position: MUIClass.Base.pas line 314

`type TMUIDataspace = class(TMUISemaphore)`
`protected`
`procedure GetCreateTags(); override;`		Fill TagList fpr creation of the MUI item
`public`
`constructor Create; override;`		Create a DataSpace object
`procedure CreateObject; override;`		Create the MUI item
`function Add();`		Adds a new entry to the dataspace.
`procedure Clear;`		Clear all the contents of a dataspace
`function Find();`		Find data by it's reference ID'
`function Merge();`		Add two Dataspace objects contents together
`function ReadIFF();`		Adds the contents of an IFF handle from iffparse.library to the dataspace.
`function WriteIFF();`		Writes the contents of a dataspace to an IFF handle of iffparse.library.
`function Remove();`		Removes an entry from the dataspace.
`property Pool: Pointer; [rw]`		[i] Specify your own Memory Pool
`end;`

Inheritance

`TMUIDataspace`		A very simple container for all kinds of data
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`TMUISemaphore`		Exec Semaphore as MUI Object
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`TMUIWithParent`		Subclass of TNotify to introduce the Parent relation
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`TMUINotify`		Notify class is superclass of all other MUI classes.
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`TMUIRootClass`		Base class for all MUI Class
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`TObject`

Description

The Dataspace class serves as a very simple container for all kinds of data. You can add data items and reference them later through an ID. Furthermore, Dataspace class features methods to import/export a complete Dataspace from/to an IFF file handle.

MUI uses subclasses of dataspace class to handle all its configuration data and thats probably the main purpose of a dataspace.

This Class is only added for completeness reasons, you might would prefer to use TList, TObjectList and such classes as usual.