[Lazarus] How to cast a Interface to a Object in Lazaeus

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 13 Mar 2015, Martin Schreiber wrote:

> On Friday 13 March 2015 10:49:43 aradeonas wrote:
>> OK,So in the end how can I cast a Interface to a Object in Lazarus?
>>
> I usually add a "function getinstance(): <theBaseImplemetationClass>" to the
> interface definition.

Which goes completely against the very purpose of interfaces.

If you need this, you should not be using interfaces to begin with.

The only possible excuse is an external requirement to use interfaces.

Michael.