In the NSObject protocol, it defines a method that is similar to this:
-(Class) class What type of object is the Class object? Or is it even an object? What can I do with the object? Can I get the base class or adopted protocols?
asked Aug 21, 2010 at 21:14
Richard J. Ross III
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Class is itself a class defined by the Objective-C runtime, akin to the Class class in Java. For example, you can use the function class_getClassName() to get the name of a class:
NSObject *o = [[[NSObject alloc] init] autorelease]; NSLog(@"%s\n", class_getClassName([o class])); // prints "NSObject" You can do all kinds of introspection/reflection with Class objects; see the Objective-C runtime reference for details.
answered Aug 21, 2010 at 21:19
Adam Rosenfield
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It is now
NSObject *o = [[NSObject alloc]init];
NSLog(@"%s\n", object_getClassName([o class]));
object_getClassName instead of class_getClassName
