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I want to duplicate a class. It is sufficient that I copy all properties of that class. Is it possible to: loop thru all properties of a class? assign each property to the other property, like a.prop := b.prop ? The getters and setters should take care of the underlying implementation details. EDIT: As Francois pointed out I did not word my question carefully enough. I hope the new wording of the question is better SOLUTION: Linas got the right solution. Find a small demo program below. Derived classes work as expected. I didn't know about the new RTTI possibilities until several people

In Delphi, if I have a TValue instance reflecting an unknown object, how can I test if this object is an instance of ANY kind of generic TEnumerable<> (or even better, also which specific generic enumerable type it is an instance of, e.g. TList<> )? NOTE: I already know how to easily check its exact type, i.e. with the .BaseType property of the corresponding TRttiType of the TValue , resulting in for example TList<string> , but what I want to test is rather if it is a TList<> of any sub-item type . To exemplify how this hypothetical code "IsAnyKindOfGenericEnumerable()" would work, here is

Using gcc, when I ask for an object/variable's type using typeid, I get a different result from the type_info::name method from what I'd expect to get on Windows. I Googled around a bit, and found out that RTTI names are implementation-specific. Problem is, I want to get a type's name as it would be returned on Windows. Is there an easy way to do this? Gregory Pakosz If it's what you're asking, there is no compiler switch that would make gcc behave like msvc regarding the name returned by type_info::name() . However, in your code you can rely on the gcc specific __cxa_demangle function. There

Some say the use of dynamic_cast often means bad design and dynamic_cast can be replaced by virtual functions why is the use of dynamic_cast considered bad design? Suppose I have I function name func(Animal* animal, int animalType) , the implementation in func is like: bool func(Animal* animal, int animalType) { ... /* Animal is the base class of Bear, Panda, Fish .... dynamic_cast animal to real animals(Bear, Panda, Fish...) according to animalType. Do some processing with this specific type of animal, using its additional information beyond base class Animal. */ } Is this case a proper use

Given the following code snippet below, using GetPropValue(MyComponent,'MySubComponent.Prop1') raises an EPropertyError exception. How can I retrieve or set the values of SubProperties using GetPropValue / SetPropValue? Type TMySubComponent = class(TInterfacedPersitent) private FProp1: Integer; published property Prop1: integer read FProp1 write FProp1; end; TMyComponent = class(TCompoent) private FMySubComponent : TMySubcomponent; published property MySubComponent: TMySubComponent read FMySubComponent write FMySubComponent ; end; The dot notation you used in your question is not supported.