[fpc-devel] {$Interfaces Corba} and TInterfacedObject

[Sergei Gorelkin]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> 
> Beats me, I thought that might be needed for querying a object for
> interfaces it supports...  As far as CORBA is concerned, I'm just
> shooting in the dark here...  Information on CORBA usage is limited
> and I can't find any FPC code examples to give me hints.  It seems
> quite useless having the Corba support in FPC, if everything related
> to Interfaces requires COM methods.
> 
Think of Corba-styled interfaces as about "interfaces without COM glue", 
not just as about "interfaces without refcounting". To get runtime 
typecasting features, you have to implement it yourself. OTOH, you are 
free to implement anything you want.

As for non-refcounted interfaced base class, you may want to use 
TComponent. Of course, it has some overhead compared with 
TInterfacedObject, but its features are quite useful in almost every 
application.

Regards,
Sergei