unit MainUnit;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}

interface

uses
  Classes, SysUtils, LCLProc, LResources, Forms, Controls, Graphics,
  Dialogs, StdCtrls, Buttons;

type

  { TCompStreamDemoForm }

  TCompStreamDemoForm = class(TForm)
    AGroupBox: TGroupBox;
    StreamAsLFMCheckBox: TCheckBox;
    Note2Label: TLabel;
    Note1Label: TLabel;
    ReadStreamButton: TButton;
    StreamMemo: TMemo;
    StreamGroupBox: TGroupBox;
    WriteToStreamButton: TButton;
    SourceGroupBox: TGroupBox;
    DestinationGroupBox: TGroupBox;
    procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
    procedure ReadStreamButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
    procedure StreamAsLFMCheckBoxChange(Sender: TObject);
    procedure WriteToStreamButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
  public
    StreamAsString: string;
    procedure ShowStreamInMemo;
    procedure SaveStreamAsString(AStream: TStream);
    procedure ReadStreamFromString(AStream: TStream);
    function ReadStringFromStream(AStream: TStream): string;
    procedure ClearDestinationGroupBox;
    procedure OnFindClass(Reader: TReader; const AClassName: string;
                          var ComponentClass: TComponentClass);
  end;

var
  CompStreamDemoForm: TCompStreamDemoForm;

implementation

{$R *.lfm}

{ TCompStreamDemoForm }

procedure TCompStreamDemoForm.WriteToStreamButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
var
  AStream: TMemoryStream;
begin
  AStream:=TMemoryStream.Create;
  try
    WriteComponentAsBinaryToStream(AStream,AGroupBox);
    SaveStreamAsString(AStream);
  finally
    AStream.Free;
  end;
end;

procedure TCompStreamDemoForm.ReadStreamButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
var
  NewComponent: TComponent;
  AStream: TMemoryStream;
begin
  ClearDestinationGroupBox;

  AStream:=TMemoryStream.Create;
  try
    ReadStreamFromString(AStream);
    NewComponent:=nil;
    ReadComponentFromBinaryStream(AStream,NewComponent,
                                  @OnFindClass,DestinationGroupBox);
    if NewComponent is TControl then
      TControl(NewComponent).Parent:=DestinationGroupBox;
  finally
    AStream.Free;
  end;
end;

procedure TCompStreamDemoForm.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
  ACheckBox: TCheckBox;
begin
  // create a checkbox with Owner = AGroupBox
  // because TWriter writes all components owned by AGroupBox
  ACheckBox:=TCheckBox.Create(AGroupBox);
  with ACheckBox do begin
    Name:='ACheckBox';
    Parent:=AGroupBox;
  end;
end;

procedure TCompStreamDemoForm.StreamAsLFMCheckBoxChange(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ShowStreamInMemo;
end;

procedure TCompStreamDemoForm.ShowStreamInMemo;
var
  LRSStream: TMemoryStream;
  LFMStream: TMemoryStream;
begin
  if StreamAsLFMCheckBox.Checked then begin
    // convert the stream to LFM
    LRSStream:=TMemoryStream.Create;
    LFMStream:=TMemoryStream.Create;
    try
      ReadStreamFromString(LRSStream);
      LRSObjectBinaryToText(LRSStream,LFMStream);
      StreamMemo.Lines.Text:=ReadStringFromStream(LFMStream);
    finally
      LRSStream.Free;
      LFMStream.Free;
    end;
  end else begin
    // the stream is in binary format and contains characters, that can not be
    // shown in the memo. Convert all special characters to hexnumbers.
    StreamMemo.Lines.Text:=DbgStr(StreamAsString);
  end;
end;

procedure TCompStreamDemoForm.SaveStreamAsString(AStream: TStream);
begin
  StreamAsString:=ReadStringFromStream(AStream);
  ShowStreamInMemo;
end;

procedure TCompStreamDemoForm.ReadStreamFromString(AStream: TStream);
begin
  AStream.Size:=0;
  if StreamAsString<>'' then
    AStream.Write(StreamAsString[1],length(StreamAsString));
  AStream.Position:=0;
end;

function TCompStreamDemoForm.ReadStringFromStream(AStream: TStream): string;
begin
  AStream.Position:=0;
  SetLength(Result,AStream.Size);
  if Result<>'' then
    AStream.Read(Result[1],length(Result));
end;

procedure TCompStreamDemoForm.ClearDestinationGroupBox;
{ free all components owned by DestinationGroupBox
  Do not confuse 'Owner' and 'Parent';
  The 'Owner' of a TComponent is responsible for freeing the component.
  All components owned by a component can be found in its 'Components'
  property.
  The 'Parent' of a TControl is the visible container. For example
  DestinationGroupBox has as Parent the form (CompStreamDemoForm).
  All controls with the same parent are gathered in Parent.Controls.
  
  In this simple example the created component has as Owner and Parent the
  DestinationGroupBox.
}
begin
  while DestinationGroupBox.ComponentCount>0 do
    DestinationGroupBox.Components[0].Free;
end;

procedure TCompStreamDemoForm.OnFindClass(Reader: TReader;
  const AClassName: string; var ComponentClass: TComponentClass);
begin
  if CompareText(AClassName,'TGroupBox')=0 then
    ComponentClass:=TGroupBox
  else if CompareText(AClassName,'TCheckBox')=0 then
    ComponentClass:=TCheckBox;
end;

end.