10.4 Considerations for (simple) type helpers

For simple types, the rules are pretty much the same as for records, plus there are some extra requirements:

The following gives an idea of the possibilities:

{$mode objpas}  
{$modeswitch typehelpers}  
 
type  
 TLongIntHelper = type helper for LongInt  
   constructor create(AValue: LongInt);  
   class procedure Test; static;  
   procedure DoPrint;  
 end;  
 
constructor TLongIntHelper.create(AValue: LongInt);  
 
begin  
  Self:=Avalue;  
  DoPrint;  
end;  
 
class procedure TLongIntHelper.Test;  
 
begin  
   Writeln(’Test’);  
end;  
 
procedure TLongIntHelper.DoPrint;  
 
begin  
   Writeln(’Value :’,Self);  
end;  
 
var  
  i: LongInt;  
begin  
  I:=123;  
  i.Test;  
  $12345678.Test;  
  LongInt.Test;  
  I:=123;  
  i.DoPrint;  
  $12345678.DoPrint;  
end.