CoreClasses Xojo Plugin

ObjectCollection.Item Method (console safe)

Use this setter/getter function to get or set element by a object key.

Item(
   key as Object) as Object

Item(
   key as Object
   assigns value as Object)

Parameters

key
The object key for the element to get or set.
value (assignment parameter)
When using the setter then this is the object to assign to the collection.

Returns

Object
When using the getter then the requested object is returned, or nil if it was not found.

Remarks

If the Collection is in multikey mode then only the first element with the specified key will be retrieved or set by this property.

A error code -2 will be when reading if there was no such key existed.
This error code can help you determine if the nil returned was a actually nil object or if the key did not exist.

See Also

ObjectCollection Class