TOwnerStream¶

Stream which uses a second stream as a source.

Declaration¶

Source position: classesh.inc line 1562

type

  TOwnerStream = class(TStream)
  public
    constructor Create;
    destructor Destroy;
    property Source: TStream; {r}
    property SourceOwner: Boolean; {rw}
  end;

Inheritance¶

Description¶

TOwnerStream can be used when creating stream chains such as when using encryption and compression streams. It keeps a reference to the source stream and will automatically free the source stream when ready (if the SourceOwner property is set to True).

Properties¶

Member	Visibility	Description
Source read only	public	Reference to the source stream.
SourceOwner	public	Indicates whether the ownerstream owns it's source.

See all Properties

Methods¶

Member	Visibility	Description
Create	public	Create a new instance of TOwnerStream.
Destroy	public	Destroys the TOwnerStream instance and the source stream.

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Name	Description
TStream	Base class for streams.
TOwnerStream.Source	Reference to the source stream.
TOwnerStream.SourceOwner	Indicates whether the ownerstream owns it's source.