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NilThenReleaseRef

Copies and releases the specified reference counted object, and sets the copy to Nil.

Declaration

Source position: lazclasses.pas line 80

procedure NilThenReleaseRef(

  var ARefCountedObject

);

Description

No actions are performed in the method when ARefCountedObject has not been assigned, or has already been released. ReleaseRefAndNil calls the ReleaseReference method for the object instance, and sets the pointer in ARefCountedObject to Nil.

Errors

Raises an EAssertionFailed exception if the object instance in ARefCountedObject is derived from a class other than TRefCountedObject.