TAureliusEntityField Class

A specialized field type that holds an object reference in a dataset record.

Remarks

Entity fields represent object associations (many-to-one properties) in an entity class. Instead of holding a scalar value, an entity field stores a pointer to the associated object. Use the AsObject property or the generic AsEntity<T> method to access the underlying object reference. Entity fields are not suitable for direct visual binding in data-aware controls; for that purpose, use sub-property fields with dot notation (e.g., Customer.Name).

Syntax

Unit: Aurelius.Bind.BaseDataset

TAureliusEntityField = class(TVariantField);

Methods

Name	Description
AsEntity<T>	Returns the object held by this entity field, cast to the specified class.
SetAsEntity<T>	Sets the object reference held by this entity field to the given typed value.

Properties

Name	Description
AsObject	Gets or sets the object reference held by this entity field.