TatMethod Class

Contains information about a method registered in scripter system. This information is used by the scripter to know if a class contains a specified method, and how this method should be accessed.

Syntax

Unit: atScript

TatMethod = class(TCollectionItem);

Methods

Name	Description
atClass	Provides a reference to the TatClass object in which this method is registered.
IsByRefArg	Returns True if the n-th input parameter of the method is declared as passed by reference.
SetVarArgs	Specifies which input parameters must be passed by reference to the method.
UpdateObjectInfo	Used internally by the compiler. Resolves the class type of this method's return value and loads it into ACurrentClass.
UpdateParameterHints	Sets the textual parameter hint information used by the scripter for code completion.

Properties

Name	Description
ArgCount	Contains the number of input arguments received by the method.
ArgDefs	ArgDefs is a collection of TatDataDef objects that hold extra information about the method's input parameters.
ByRefArgMask	A bit mask indicating which input parameters of the method are passed by reference, as set by SetVarArgs.
DefArgCount	Contains the number of optional (default) arguments of the method. Must be equal to or less than ArgCount.
IsClassMethod	Indicates if the method is a regular method (accessible from object instance) or a class method.
LibContext	Indicates the library that registered the method. Used as a kind of "namespace" for the method.
Name	Contains the name by which the method will be accessible from script.
ResultDataType	Holds the data type returned by the method, in case method is function. If the method is a procedure, this must be tkNone.
Scripter	Provides a reference to the scripter object which this registered method belongs to.

Events

Name	Description
Proc	Contains the method wrapper which will be called by the script when the method referenced. This is the method that should actually execute real Delphi method.