How can I save properties of a TList to a stream? I need the entire list to be saved as a whole and not as individual objects.
A TList doesn't have any intrinsic streaming capability built into it, but it is very easy to stream anything that you want with a little elbow grease. Think about it: a stream is data. Classes have properties, whose values are data. It isn't too hard to write property data to a stream. Here's a simple example to get you going. This is but just one of many possible approaches to saving object property data to a stream:
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unit uStreamableExample;
interface
uses Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs, StdCtrls, Contnrs;
type TStreamableObject = class(TPersistent) protected function ReadString(Stream: TStream): String; function ReadLongInt(Stream: TStream): LongInt; function ReadDateTime(Stream: TStream): TDateTime; function ReadCurrency(Stream: TStream): Currency; function ReadClassName(Stream: TStream): ShortString; procedure WriteString(Stream: TStream; const Value: String); procedure WriteLongInt(Stream: TStream; const Value: LongInt); procedure WriteDateTime(Stream: TStream; const Value: TDateTime); procedure WriteCurrency(Stream: TStream; const Value: Currency); procedure WriteClassName(Stream: TStream; const Value: ShortString); public constructor CreateFromStream(Stream: TStream); procedure LoadFromStream(Stream: TStream); virtual; abstract; procedure SaveToStream(Stream: TStream); virtual; abstract; end;
TStreamableObjectClass = classof TStreamableObject;
TPerson = class(TStreamableObject) private FName: String; FBirthDate: TDateTime; public constructor Create(const AName: string; ABirthDate: TDateTime); procedure LoadFromStream(Stream: TStream); override; procedure SaveToStream(Stream: TStream); override; propertyName: Stringread FName write FName; property BirthDate: TDateTime read FBirthDate write FBirthDate; end;
TCompany = class(TStreamableObject) private FName: String; FRevenues: Currency; FEmployeeCount: LongInt; public constructor Create(const AName: string; ARevenues: Currency; AEmployeeCount: LongInt); procedure LoadFromStream(Stream: TStream); override; procedure SaveToStream(Stream: TStream); override; propertyName: Stringread FName write FName; property Revenues: Currency read FRevenues write FRevenues; property EmployeeCount: LongInt read FEmployeeCount write FEmployeeCount; end;
TStreamableList = class(TStreamableObject) private FItems: TObjectList; function Get_Count: LongInt; function Get_Objects(Index: LongInt): TStreamableObject; public constructor Create; destructor Destroy; override; function FindClass(const AClassName: String): TStreamableObjectClass; procedure Add(Item: TStreamableObject); procedure Delete(Index: LongInt); procedure Clear; procedure LoadFromStream(Stream: TStream); override; procedure SaveToStream(Stream: TStream); override; property Objects[Index: LongInt]: TStreamableObject read Get_Objects; default; property Count: LongInt read Get_Count; end;
TForm1 = class(TForm) SaveButton: TButton; LoadButton: TButton; procedure SaveButtonClick(Sender: TObject); procedure LoadButtonClick(Sender: TObject); procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject); private { Private declarations } public Path: String; end;
var Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.DFM}
resourcestring DEFAULT_FILENAME = 'test.dat';
procedure TForm1.SaveButtonClick(Sender: TObject); var List: TStreamableList; Stream: TStream; begin List := TStreamableList.Create; try List.Add(TPerson.Create('Rick Rogers', StrToDate('05/20/68'))); List.Add(TCompany.Create('Fenestra', 1000000, 7)); Stream := TFileStream.Create(Path + DEFAULT_FILENAME, fmCreate); try List.SaveToStream(Stream); finally Stream.Free; end; finally List.Free; end; end;
{ TPerson }
constructor TPerson.Create(const AName: string; ABirthDate: TDateTime); begin inherited Create; FName := AName; FBirthDate := ABirthDate; end;
procedure TPerson.LoadFromStream(Stream: TStream); begin FName := ReadString(Stream); FBirthDate := ReadDateTime(Stream); end;
procedure TPerson.SaveToStream(Stream: TStream); begin WriteString(Stream, FName); WriteDateTime(Stream, FBirthDate); end;
{ TStreamableList }
procedure TStreamableList.Add(Item: TStreamableObject); begin FItems.Add(Item); end;
procedure TStreamableList.Clear; begin FItems.Clear; end;
constructor TStreamableList.Create; begin FItems := TObjectList.Create; end;
procedure TStreamableList.Delete(Index: LongInt); begin FItems.Delete(Index); end;
destructor TStreamableList.Destroy; begin FItems.Free; inherited; end;
function TStreamableList.FindClass(const AClassName: String): TStreamableObjectClass; begin Result := TStreamableObjectClass(Classes.FindClass(AClassName)); end;
function TStreamableList.Get_Count: LongInt; begin Result := FItems.Count; end;
function TStreamableList.Get_Objects(Index: LongInt): TStreamableObject; begin Result := FItems[Index] as TStreamableObject; end;
procedure TStreamableList.LoadFromStream(Stream: TStream); var StreamCount: LongInt; I: Integer; S: String; ClassRef: TStreamableObjectClass; begin StreamCount := ReadLongInt(Stream); for I := 0to StreamCount - 1do begin S := ReadClassName(Stream); ClassRef := FindClass(S); Add(ClassRef.CreateFromStream(Stream)); end; end;
procedure TStreamableList.SaveToStream(Stream: TStream); var I: Integer; begin WriteLongInt(Stream, Count); for I := 0to Count - 1do begin WriteClassName(Stream, Objects[I].ClassName); Objects[I].SaveToStream(Stream); end; end;
{ TStreamableObject }
constructor TStreamableObject.CreateFromStream(Stream: TStream); begin inherited Create; LoadFromStream(Stream); end;
function TStreamableObject.ReadClassName(Stream: TStream): ShortString; begin Result := ReadString(Stream); end;
function TStreamableObject.ReadCurrency(Stream: TStream): Currency; begin Stream.Read(Result, SizeOf(Currency)); end;
function TStreamableObject.ReadDateTime(Stream: TStream): TDateTime; begin Stream.Read(Result, SizeOf(TDateTime)); end;
function TStreamableObject.ReadLongInt(Stream: TStream): LongInt; begin Stream.Read(Result, SizeOf(LongInt)); end;
function TStreamableObject.ReadString(Stream: TStream): String; var L: LongInt; begin L := ReadLongInt(Stream); SetLength(Result, L); Stream.Read(Result[1], L); end;
procedure TStreamableObject.WriteClassName(Stream: TStream; const Value: ShortString); begin WriteString(Stream, Value); end;
procedure TStreamableObject.WriteCurrency(Stream: TStream; const Value: Currency); begin Stream.Write(Value, SizeOf(Currency)); end;
procedure TStreamableObject.WriteDateTime(Stream: TStream; const Value: TDateTime); begin Stream.Write(Value, SizeOf(TDateTime)); end;
procedure TStreamableObject.WriteLongInt(Stream: TStream; const Value: LongInt); begin Stream.Write(Value, SizeOf(LongInt)); end;
procedure TStreamableObject.WriteString(Stream: TStream; const Value: String); var L: LongInt; begin L := Length(Value); WriteLongInt(Stream, L); Stream.Write(Value[1], L); end;
{ TCompany }
constructor TCompany.Create(const AName: string; ARevenues: Currency; AEmployeeCount: Integer); begin FName := AName; FRevenues := ARevenues; FEmployeeCount := AEmployeeCount; end;
procedure TCompany.LoadFromStream(Stream: TStream); begin FName := ReadString(Stream); FRevenues := ReadCurrency(Stream); FEmployeeCount := ReadLongInt(Stream); end;
procedure TCompany.SaveToStream(Stream: TStream); begin WriteString(Stream, FName); WriteCurrency(Stream, FRevenues); WriteLongInt(Stream, FEmployeeCount); end;
procedure TForm1.LoadButtonClick(Sender: TObject); var List: TStreamableList; Stream: TStream; Instance: TStreamableObject; I: Integer; begin Stream := TFileStream.Create(Path + DEFAULT_FILENAME, fmOpenRead); try List := TStreamableList.Create; try List.LoadFromStream(Stream); for I := 0to List.Count - 1do begin Instance := List[I]; if Instance is TPerson then ShowMessage(TPerson(Instance).Name); if Instance is TCompany then ShowMessage(TCompany(Instance).Name); end; finally List.Free; end; finally Stream.Free; end; end;
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); begin Path := ExtractFilePath(Application.ExeName); end;
initialization RegisterClasses([TPerson, TCompany]);
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Answer 2:
The solution above will work, but it forces you to implement streaming support for each of the TStreamableObject objects. Delphi has already implemented this mechanism in for the TPersistent class and the TComponent class, and you can use this mechanism. The class I include here does the job. It holds classes that inherit from TUmbCollectionItem (which in turn inherits from Delphi TCollectionItem), and handles all the streaming of the items. As the items are written with the Delphi mechanism, all published data is streamed.
Notes: This class does not support working within the delphi IDE like TCollection. All objects inheriting from TUmbCollectionItem must be registered using the Classes.RegisterClass function. All objects inheriting from TUmbCollectionItem must implement the assign function. By default, the TUmbCollection owns its items (frees them when the collection is freed), but this functionality can be changed.
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unit UmbCollection;
interface
uses Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, contnrs;
type TUmbCollectionItemClass = Classof TUmbCollectionItem; TUmbCollectionItem = class(TCollectionItem) private FPosition: Integer; public {when overriding this method, you must call the inherited assign.} procedure Assign(Source: TPersistent); Override; published {the position property is used by the streaming mechanism to place the object in the right position when reading the items. do not use this property.} property Position: Integer read FPosition write FPosition; end;
TUmbCollection = class(TObjectList) private procedure SetItems(Index: Integer; Value: TUmbCollectionItem); function GetItems(Index: Integer): TUmbCollectionItem; public function Add(AObject: TUmbCollectionItem): Integer; function Remove(AObject: TUmbCollectionItem): Integer; function IndexOf(AObject: TUmbCollectionItem): Integer; function FindInstanceOf(AClass: TUmbCollectionItemClass; AExact: Boolean = True; AStartAt: Integer = 0): Integer; procedure Insert(Index: Integer; AObject: TUmbCollectionItem);
procedure WriteToStream(AStream: TStream); virtual; procedure ReadFromStream(AStream: TStream); virtual;
property Items[Index: Integer]: TUmbCollectionItem read GetItems write SetItems; default; published property OwnsObjects; end;
implementation
{ TUmbCollection }
function ItemsCompare(Item1, Item2: Pointer): Integer; begin Result := TUmbCollectionItem(Item1).Position - TUmbCollectionItem(Item2).Position; end;
function TUmbCollection.Add(AObject: TUmbCollectionItem): Integer; begin Result := inherited Add(AObject); end;
function TUmbCollection.FindInstanceOf(AClass: TUmbCollectionItemClass; AExact: Boolean; AStartAt: Integer): Integer; begin Result := inherited FindInstanceOf(AClass, AExact, AStartAt); end;
function TUmbCollection.GetItems(Index: Integer): TUmbCollectionItem; begin Result := inherited Items[Index] as TUmbCollectionItem; end;
function TUmbCollection.IndexOf(AObject: TUmbCollectionItem): Integer; begin Result := inherited IndexOf(AObject); end;
procedure TUmbCollection.Insert(Index: Integer; AObject: TUmbCollectionItem); begin inherited Insert(Index, AObject); end;
procedure TUmbCollection.ReadFromStream(AStream: TStream); var Reader: TReader; Collection: TCollection; ItemClassName: string; ItemClass: TUmbCollectionItemClass; Item: TUmbCollectionItem; i: Integer; begin Clear; Reader := TReader.Create(AStream, 1024); try Reader.ReadListBegin; whilenot Reader.EndOfList do begin ItemClassName := Reader.ReadString; ItemClass := TUmbCollectionItemClass(FindClass(ItemClassName)); Collection := TCollection.Create(ItemClass); try Reader.ReadValue; Reader.ReadCollection(Collection); for i := 0to Collection.Count - 1do begin item := ItemClass.Create(nil); item.Assign(Collection.Items[i]); Add(Item); end; finally Collection.Free; end; end; Sort(ItemsCompare); Reader.ReadListEnd; finally Reader.Free; end; end;
function TUmbCollection.Remove(AObject: TUmbCollectionItem): Integer; begin Result := inherited Remove(AObject); end;
procedure TUmbCollection.SetItems(Index: Integer; Value: TUmbCollectionItem); begin inherited Items[Index] := Value; end;
procedure TUmbCollection.WriteToStream(AStream: TStream); var Writer: TWriter; CollectionList: TObjectList; Collection: TCollection; ItemClass: TUmbCollectionItemClass; ObjectWritten: arrayof Boolean; i, j: Integer; begin Writer := TWriter.Create(AStream, 1024); CollectionList := TObjectList.Create(True); try Writer.WriteListBegin; {init the flag array and the position property of the TCollectionItem objects.} SetLength(ObjectWritten, Count); for i := 0to Count - 1do begin ObjectWritten[i] := False; Items[i].Position := i; end; {write the TCollectionItem objects. we write first the name of the objects class, then write all the object of the same class.} for i := 0to Count - 1do begin if ObjectWritten[i] then Continue; ItemClass := TUmbCollectionItemClass(Items[i].ClassType); Collection := TCollection.Create(ItemClass); CollectionList.Add(Collection); {write the items class name} Writer.WriteString(Items[i].ClassName); {insert the items to the collection} for j := i to Count - 1do if ItemClass = Items[j].ClassType then begin ObjectWritten[j] := True; (Collection.Add as ItemClass).Assign(Items[j]); end; {write the collection} Writer.WriteCollection(Collection); end; finally CollectionList.Free; Writer.WriteListEnd; Writer.Free; end; end;
{ TUmbCollectionItem }
procedure TUmbCollectionItem.Assign(Source: TPersistent); begin if Source is TUmbCollectionItem then Position := (Source as TUmbCollectionItem).Position else inherited; end;
end. |
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