TObject.newinstance

Allocate memory on the heap for a new instance

Declaration

Source position: objpash.inc line 211

public 
  class function newinstance : TObject;  Virtual;

Description

NewInstance allocates memory on the heap for a new instance of the current class. If the memory was allocated, the class will be initialized by a call to InitInstance . The function returns the newly initialized instance.

This method can be overridden to implement e.g. object pooling. Note that the method is responsible for correctly initializing the object, i.e. zeroing out the new instance.

Errors

If not enough memory is available, a Nil pointer may be returned, or an exception may be raised.

See also

Name	Description
Create	TObject Constructor
FreeInstance	Clean up instance and free the memory reserved for the instance.
InitInstance	Initialize a new class instance.
InstanceSize	Return the size of an instance.