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Virtual method interception
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– Delphi XE has a new type in Rtti.pas called TVirtualMethodInterceptor. It was originally designed for use in DataSnap authentication scenarios (though I don't think it's currently being used there), but of course, making it only work for that would have been quite a limitation. What does it do? Essentially, it creates a derived metaclass dynamically at runtime that overrides every virtual method in the ancestor, by creating a new virtual method table and populating it with stubs that intercepts calls and arguments. When the metaclass reference for any instance of the "ancestor" is replaced ...
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