Delphi RTTI: Get property’s class

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Using Delphi 2010 and RTTI, I know how to get the class type of an object and how to get/set the value and type of an object's properties, but how do you determine which class in the inheritance chain a property came from? I want to use the properties of a base class differently than the main class.

Consider this code:

TClassBase = class(TObject)
published
  property A: Integer;
end;

TClassDescendant = class(TClassBase)
published
  property B: Integer;
end;

procedure CheckProperties(Obj: TObject);
var
  ctx: TRttiContext;
  objType: TRttiType;
  Prop: TRttiProperty;
begin
  ctx := TRttiContext.Create;
  objType := ctx.GetType(Obj.ClassInfo);
  for Prop in objType.GetProperties do begin
    if Prop.GetClassType is TClassBase then
      // do something special with base class properties
    else
      // standard functionality on all other properties
  end;
end;

The problem is there is no GetClassType for the properties. ClassType just returns TRttiInstancePropertyEx instead of the name of the class to which the property belongs.

Best Answer

Another option is use the Parent property of the TRttiProperty, from here you can access to the class which the property is part of. 

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

{$R *.res}

uses
  Rtti,
  SysUtils;

type
  TClassBase = class(TObject)
    private
      FA: Integer;
   published
    property A: Integer read FA;
  end;

  TClassDescendant = class(TClassBase)
    private
      FB: Integer;
    published
    property B: Integer read FB;
  end;

procedure CheckProperties(Obj: TObject);
var
  ctx: TRttiContext;
  objType: TRttiType;
  Prop: TRttiProperty;
begin
  ctx := TRttiContext.Create;
  objType := ctx.GetType(Obj.ClassInfo);
   for Prop in objType.GetProperties do
   if TRttiInstanceType(Prop.Parent).MetaclassType=TClassBase then
     Writeln(Format('The property %s is declarated in the TClassBase class',[Prop.Name]))
   else
     Writeln(Format('The property %s is not declarated in the TClassBase class',[Prop.Name]))
end;


begin
  try
   //CheckProperties(TClassBase.Create);
   CheckProperties(TClassDescendant.Create);
  except
    on E: Exception do
      Writeln(E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;
  Readln;
end.
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