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Delphi class methods are similar to C# static methods, but they are not identical.

The most important differences are:

•	Delphi class methods can be virtual, whereas C# static methods cannot be virtual in the same way.

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Delphi class methods have an implicit class reference. They can be called through a class type, a class-reference variable, or even through an object instance, and inside the method Self represents the class on which the method was invoked. C# static methods have no this value and therefore no direct equivalent to this Delphi class-method Self.

For this reason Delphi2C# distinguishes between:

non virtual class methods

virtual class methods

class-method calls that depend on Delphi's implicit Self

Delphi2C# uses the runtime metaclass type TClass to represent Delphi class references and to support virtual class-method dispatch where required.

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