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David Schwartz

custom attributes question

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say you have a class like this:

 

TMyClass = class

  [attr1( 'abc' )]
  FField1 : string;
  . . .
  [attr2( 'abc' )]
  property Field1 : string read FField1 write FField1;
  . . .
end;

Are attr1 and attr2 basically the same? (And yes, I get that they're different attribute classes. That's not what I'm referring to.)

 

What I mean is, does it make a difference whether you put the attribute on the data field (ie, attr1) or on the property (ie, attr2)? Or are they equivalent?

 

So ... is the property Field1 able to see attr1, or attr2, or both?

Edited by David Schwartz

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They are different, but you can parse and look for the field or for the property for yourself. You can also put as many attributes to your field/property as you want.

 

Edited by Attila Kovacs

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TRttiType.GetProperties.GetAttributes vs TRttiType.GetFields.GetAttributes

 

Personally, I've avoided setting props on fields and only set them on properties. 

There are parts of the RTL where the opposite applies - f.x. for REST.JsonReflect, which checks the fields and not the properties.

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actually, come to think of it, I guess it's also possible to set attributes on the read and write things, and they can be either fields or methods.

 

I was wondering about the transitivity of the lookup with fields, but with methods it's going to be different. So that pretty much answers it.

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