> Is it possible to have a constructor for the parent class that receives a
> parameter which determines the type of child that is instantiated in it's
> place?
You should be able to find out the actual class of the instance during
instantiation... self.ClassType should return the class reference... So
TBaseClass = class(TObject)
public
constructor Create; virtual;
end;
TDescendant = class(TBaseClass)
public
constructor Create; override;
end;
implementation
constructor TBaseClass.Create;
begin
ShowMessage('The actual class is '+Self.ClassName);
end;
constructor TDescendant.Create;
begin
inherited Create;
// Whatever you like in here
end;
I have no idea why it would matter at this point...
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Aaron Scott-Boddendijk
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