Object Fields are like record fields. They are accessed in the same way as
you would access a record field : by using a qualified identifier. Given the
following declaration:
then the following would be a valid assignment:
Inside methods, fields can be accessed using the short identifier:
Or, one can use the self identifier. The self identifier refers
to the current instance of the object:
You cannot access fields that are in a private section of an object from outside the objects' methods. If you do, the compiler will complain about an unknown identifier.
It is also possible to use the with statement with an object instance:
In this example, between the begin and end, it is as if
AnObject was prepended to the Afield and Amethod
identifiers. More about this in section (
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