Clear a TList or a TObjectList

Question

I\'m a bit puzzled of what to use for storing objects in a list. Until now I have used TList and freed each item in a loop. Then I discovered TObjectList

Answer 1

If you are using a recent version of Delphi I suggest that you use a generic list.

Right now you probably need to do a lot of casting when you use the objects from the list. With a generic list you don't have to do that anymore.

For instance if you have:

TMyObject = class(TObject);

Then you make the list like this:

TMyObjectList = TObjectList;

There is an article in the Embarcadero Wiki:

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/CodeExamples/XE8/en/Generics_Collections_TObjectList_(Delphi)