Type
  TLinkedListItem = Class
  Public
    Next : TLinkedListItem;
  end;
  TLinkedListItemClass = Class of TLinkedListItem;
  
  { TLinkedListVisitor }

  TLinkedListVisitor = Class
    Function Visit(Item : TLinkedListItem) : Boolean; virtual; abstract;
  end;
  { TLinkedList }

  TLinkedList = Class
  private
    FItemClass: TLinkedListItemClass;
    FRoot: TLinkedListItem;
    function GetCount: Integer;
  Public
    Constructor Create(AnItemClass : TLinkedListItemClass); virtual;
    Destructor Destroy; override;
    Procedure Clear;
    Function Add : TLinkedListItem;
    Procedure ForEach(Visitor: TLinkedListVisitor);
    Procedure RemoveItem(Item : TLinkedListItem; FreeItem : Boolean = False);
    Property Root : TLinkedListItem Read FRoot;
    Property ItemClass : TLinkedListItemClass Read FItemClass;
    Property Count : Integer Read GetCount;
  end;

{ TLinkedList }

function TLinkedList.GetCount: Integer;

Var
  I : TLinkedListItem;

begin
  I:=FRoot;
  Result:=0;
  While I<>Nil do
    begin
    I:=I.Next;
    Inc(Result);
    end;
end;

constructor TLinkedList.Create(AnItemClass: TLinkedListItemClass);
begin
  FItemClass:=AnItemClass;
end;

destructor TLinkedList.Destroy;
begin
  Clear;
  inherited Destroy;
end;

procedure TLinkedList.Clear;

Var
   I : TLinkedListItem;

begin
  // Can't use visitor, because it'd kill the next pointer...
  I:=FRoot;
  While I<>Nil do
    begin
    FRoot:=I;
    I:=I.Next;
    FRoot.Next:=Nil;
    FreeAndNil(FRoot);
    end;
end;

function TLinkedList.Add: TLinkedListItem;
begin
  Result:=FItemClass.Create;
  Result.Next:=FRoot;
  FRoot:=Result;
end;

procedure TLinkedList.ForEach(Visitor : TLinkedListVisitor);

Var
  I : TLinkedListItem;

begin
  I:=FRoot;
  While (I<>Nil) and Visitor.Visit(I) do
    I:=I.Next;
end;

procedure TLinkedList.RemoveItem(Item: TLinkedListItem; FreeItem : Boolean = False);

Var
  I : TLinkedListItem;

begin
  If (Item<>Nil) and (FRoot<>Nil) then
    begin
    If (Item=FRoot) then
      FRoot:=Item.Next
    else
      begin
      I:=FRoot;
      While (I.Next<>Nil) and (I.Next<>Item) do
        I:=I.Next;
      If (I.Next=Item) then
        I.Next:=Item.Next;
      end;
    If FreeItem Then
      Item.Free;
    end;
end;