Published

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The published modifier:

• is part of object-oriented programming;
• designates an area within a class that can be accessed from anywhere;
• allows this section to get streaming properties just like when using the local directive {M+}.

Example:

 Type
   TEltern class = class                                // The parent class is derived from the base class
   published
     constructor Create(intWidth, intHeight : Integer); // The constructor is public and has streaming properties
     function surface double;                           // The function is public and has streaming properties
   end;

From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Published", as it stood on 2020-02-23 after a change by Trev, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's Licensing page. If you have concerns about this material, message the admin.