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Delphi Conventions

Enterprise Architect supports round trip engineering of Delphi, where these conventions are used:

Stereotypes

Stereotype	Applies To	See also
constructor	Operation Corresponds To: A constructor.
destructor	Operation Corresponds To: A destructor.
dispinterface	Class, Interface Corresponds To: A dispatch interface.
enumeration	Class Corresponds To: An enumerated type.
metaclass	Class Corresponds To: A metaclass type.
object	Class Corresponds To: An object type.
operator	Operation Corresponds To: An operator.
property get	Operation Corresponds To: A 'read' property.
property set	Operation Corresponds To: A 'write' property.
struct	Class Corresponds To: A record type.

Tagged Values

Tag	Applies To	See also
attribute_name	Operation with stereotype property get or property set Corresponds To: The name of the variable behind this property.
overload	Operation Corresponds To: The 'overload' keyword.
override	Operation Corresponds To: The 'override' keyword.
packed	Class Corresponds To: The 'packed' keyword.
property	Class Corresponds To: A property; see Delphi Properties for more information.
reintroduce	Operation Corresponds To: The 'reintroduce' keyword.

Other Conventions

The Static property of an attribute or operation corresponds to the class keyword
The Fixed property of a parameter corresponds to the const keyword
The value of inout for the Kind property of a parameter corresponds to the Var keyword
The value of out for the Kind property of a parameter corresponds to the Out keyword

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