Question

Using Delphi 2010 and RTTI, I know how to get the class type of an object and how to get/set the value and type of an object’s properties, but how do you determine which class in the inheritance chain a property came from? I want to use the properties of a base class differently than the main class.

Consider this code:

TClassBase = class(TObject)
published
  property A: Integer;
end;

TClassDescendant = class(TClassBase)
published
  property B: Integer;
end;

procedure CheckProperties(Obj: TObject);
var
  ctx: TRttiContext;
  objType: TRttiType;
  Prop: TRttiProperty;
begin
  ctx := TRttiContext.Create;
  objType := ctx.GetType(Obj.ClassInfo);
  for Prop in objType.GetProperties do begin
    if Prop.GetClassType is TClassBase then
      // do something special with base class properties
    else
      // standard functionality on all other properties
  end;
end;

The problem is there is no GetClassType for the properties. ClassType just returns TRttiInstancePropertyEx instead of the name of the class to which the property belongs.

Answer 1

Another option is use the Parent property of the TRttiProperty, from here you can access to the class which the property is part of.

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

{$R *.res}

uses
  Rtti,
  SysUtils;

type
  TClassBase = class(TObject)
    private
      FA: Integer;
   published
    property A: Integer read FA;
  end;

  TClassDescendant = class(TClassBase)
    private
      FB: Integer;
    published
    property B: Integer read FB;
  end;

procedure CheckProperties(Obj: TObject);
var
  ctx: TRttiContext;
  objType: TRttiType;
  Prop: TRttiProperty;
begin
  ctx := TRttiContext.Create;
  objType := ctx.GetType(Obj.ClassInfo);
   for Prop in objType.GetProperties do
   if TRttiInstanceType(Prop.Parent).MetaclassType=TClassBase then
     Writeln(Format('The property %s is declarated in the TClassBase class',[Prop.Name]))
   else
     Writeln(Format('The property %s is not declarated in the TClassBase class',[Prop.Name]))
end;


begin
  try
   //CheckProperties(TClassBase.Create);
   CheckProperties(TClassDescendant.Create);
  except
    on E: Exception do
      Writeln(E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;
  Readln;
end.