How to access private methods without helpers?

Question

In Delphi 10 Seattle I could use the following code to work around overly strict visibility restrictions.

How do I get access to private variables?

Answer 1

If you don't need ARM compiler support, you can find another solution here.

With inline asembler, you can access private field or method, easily.

I think David's answer is better in most case, but if you need a quick solution for a huge class, this method could be more useful.

Update(June 17): I've just noticed, I forgot to share his sample code for accessing private fields from his post. sorry.

unit UnitA;

type
  THoge = class
  private
    FPrivateValue: Integer;
    procedure PrivateMethod;
  end;
end.

unit UnitB;

type
  THogeHelper = class helper for THoge
  public
    function GetValue: Integer;
    procedure CallMethod;
  end;

function THogeHelper.GetValue: Integer;
asm
  MOV EAX,Self.FPrivateValue
end;

procedure THogeHelper.CallMethod;
asm
  CALL THoge.PrivateMethod
end;

Here is his sample code for calling private method.

type
  THoge = class
  private
    procedure PrivateMethod (Arg1, Arg2, Arg3 : Integer);
  end;

// Method 1
// Get only method pointer (if such there is a need to assign a method pointer to somewhere)
type
  THogePrivateProc = procedure (Self: THoge; Arg1, Arg2, Arg3: Integer);
  THogePrivateMethod = procedure (Arg1, Arg2, Arg3: Integer) of object;

function THogeHelper.GetMethodAddr: Pointer;
asm
  {$ifdef CPUX86}
  LEA EAX, THoge.PrivateMethod
  {$else}
  LEA RAX, THoge.PrivateMethod
  {$endif}
end;

var
  hoge: THoge;
  proc: THogePrivateProc;
  method: THogePrivateMethod;
begin
  // You can either in here of the way,
  proc := hoge.GetMethodAddr;
  proc (hoge, 1, 2, 3);
  // Even here of how good
  TMethod (method) .Code := hoge.GetMethodAddr;
  TMethod (method) .Data := hoge;
  method (1, 2, 3) ;
end;

// Method 2
// To jump (here is simple if you just simply call)
procedure THogeHelper.CallMethod (Arg1, Arg2, Arg3 : Integer);
asm
  JMP THoge.PrivateMethod
end;

unit UnitA;

type
  THoge = class
  private
    FPrivateValue: Integer;
    procedure PrivateMethod;
  end;
end.