How to use generics to create a thread class that returns different values

Question

I admit it, I am learning a lot from Stack Overflow.

After on this question I understood how to make a decoupled background Thread class that returns an integer I am now wondering how to make it more generic.

But how do I need to change this (where "integer" is hardcoded). I use a very long classname just for demonastrating purposes:

type
  TSyncMethod = Procedure(ThreadResult: integer) of Object;
  TBackgroundThreadWithIntegerResult = class(TThread)
  private
    FResult: integer;

to the generic counterpart?

Answer 1

type
  TBackgroundThreadWithGenericResult<T> = class(TThread)
  private
    FResult: T;
  public
    type
      TSyncMethod = Procedure(ThreadResult: T) of Object;

Of course you can choose a more elaborate type name then T for your generic type. I have put the TSyncMethod into the class for simplicity.

Usage would be TBackgroundThreadWithGenericResult<Integer>.Create(...).