How to use a bit / bit operator to control the state of an object?

Question

I want to create a data package with light objects for transfer between client and server applications.

This is such a simple task that I can control only 1 byte, so each bit in the byte will have a different value,

Use only bit

0 = False 
1 = True

Now I need:

1 - Loaded from database 
2 - Persisted
3 - Changed
4 - Marked to Delete
5 -
6 - 
7 - Null Value 
8 - Read Only


1) How do I use bit operators in Delphi to check each bit value? 
2) How do I set the bit Values?

Decision

After all the help, I use the following Set

  TStateType = (
    stLoaded    = 0,   // loaded from persistance
    stNative    = 2,   // value loaded and converted to native type
    stPersisted = 3,   // saved
    stChanged   = 4,   // object or member changed
    stToDelete  = 5,   // marked to delete
    stReadOnly  = 6,   // read only object, will not allow changes
    stNull      = 7    // value is null
  );
  TState = Set of TStateType;

And for flow → persistence, this will be the entry to be used:

  TDataPackage = record
    Data: TBytes;
    TypeInfo: TMetaInfo;
    State: Byte;
    Instance: TBuffer;
  end;

Thanks guys for all the answers and comments.

Answer 1

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procedure Test;
type
  TSetValues = (
    TSetValue1   = 0,
    TSetValue2   = 1,
    TSetValue4   = 2,
    TSetValue8   = 3,
    TSetValue16  = 4,
    TSetValue32  = 5,
    TSetValue64  = 6,
    TSetValue128 = 7
  );

  TMySet = set of TSetValues;
var
  myValue: byte;
  mySet: TMySet;
begin
  mySet := [TSetValue2, TSetValue16, TSetValue128];
  myValue := byte(mySet);
  ShowMessage(IntToStr(myValue)); // <-- shows 146
end;

Answer 2

:

type
    TMyDatum = (mdLoaded, mdPersisted, mdChanged, mdMarkedToDelete, ...);
    TMyData = set of TMyDatum;

var
  Foo: TMyData;
begin 
  Foo := [mdLoaded, mdChanged];
  if (mdPersisted in Foo) then ...

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Answer 3

Delphi, .

It looks like you need to use the and operator. For example:

const
  LOADED_FROM_DATABASE = 1;
  PERSISTED = 2;
  CHANGED = 4;
  // etc...

//...

if (bitFlags and LOADED_FROM_DATABASE) <> 0 then
begin
  // handle LOADED FROM DATABASE
end;

if (bitFlags and PERSISTED) <> 0 then
begin
  // handle PERSISTED
end;

// etc...

To set flags, you can use OR:

bitFlags := LOADED_FROM_DATABASE or PERSISTED or CHANGED;