Class..Object (VB.Net and Delphi Prism Cross Reference Guide)

Declare and implement VB.Net classes after the form class or in their own .vb files. Unlike VB Classic, you can have more than one class in a .vb class file (VB classic uses .cls files for each class).

Public Class Cyborg

  Inherits Object

  Public Sub IntroduceYourself()

  MessageBox.Show("Hi, I do not have a name yet.")

 End Sub

End Class

Dim T1 As New Cyborg
T1.IntroduceYourself()

//No need to clean up with managed classes.

//The garbage collector will take care of it.

 VB.Net Class..Object (Class..End Class..New)

Declare your class in the Interface section. Then implement the class in the Implementation section. To create an object instance, use the New keyword. Optionally, you can use Create for backword compatibility with Delphi if you turn it on in the compatibility options. Since Prism does have a garbage collector, you do not have to free the object. If you need to free either unmanaged resources or resources where "timing" is important, implement IDisposable and take control of freeing the object yourself using Dispose.

Cyborg = class(System.Object)
  public method IntroduceYourself();
end;

method Cyborg.IntroduceYourself();
begin
  MessageBox.Show("Hi, I do not have a name yet.");
end;

var T1: Cyborg;
begin
  T1 := New Cyborg;
  T1.IntroduceYourself;

  //No need to clean up with managed classes.

  //The garbage collector will take care of it.
end;

 Delphi Prism Class..Object (class..end..new)