在Delphi中是否需要使用GUID？

官方文件说它们是可选的.我知道COM interop需要每个接口的唯一标识符,但是我看到的每个接口示例都有一个GUID是否与COM一起使用？如果包含GUID不会与COM一起使用,是否有任何好处？

解决方法

我注意到一些方法,如 Supports(要确定一个类是否符合特定接口)需要您定义一个GUID才能使用它们.

This page确认了以下信息：

Note: The SysUtils unit provides an
overloaded function called Supports
that returns true or false when class
types and instances support a
particular interface represented by a
GUID. The Supports function is used in
the manner of the Delphi is and as
operators. The significant difference
is that the Supports function can take
as the right operand either a GUID or
an interface type associated with a
GUID,whereas is and as take the name
of a type. For more information about
is and as,see Class References.

这里有一些interesting information about interfaces,其中指出：

Why does an interface need to be
uniquely identifiable? The answer is
simple: because Delphi classes can
implement multiple interfaces. When an
application is running,there has to
be a mechanism that will get pointer
to an appropriate interface from an
implementation. The only way to find
out if an object implements an
interface and to get a pointer to
implementation of that interface is
through GUIDs.

重点加在两个引号.

阅读整篇文章也让您意识到QueryInterface(需要GUID)在后台使用,原因如引用计数.