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NSProxy class reference

Authors

Richard Frith-Macdonald (richard@brainstorm.co.uk)

Version: 36517

Date: 2013-04-13 04:40:15 -0600 (Sat, 13 Apr 2013)

Copyright: (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Software documentation for the NSProxy class

NSProxy

Declared in:
Foundation/NSProxy.h
Conforms to:
NSObject
Availability: OpenStep

The NSProxy class provides a basic implementation of a class whose instances are used to stand in for other objects.
The class provides the most basic methods of NSObject, and expects messages for other methods to be forwarded to the real object represented by the proxy. You must subclass NSProxy to implement -forwardInvocation: to these real objects.

Note that NSProxy is a different sort of class than others in the GNUstep Base library in that it is the only example of a root class besides NSObject . Thus, it implements the NSObject protocol but is not a subclass of NSObject.


Instance Variables

Method summary

alloc 

+ (id) alloc;
Availability: OpenStep

Allocates and returns an NSProxy instance in the default zone.

allocWithZone: 

+ (id) allocWithZone: (NSZone*)z;
Availability: OpenStep

Allocates and returns an NSProxy instance in the specified zone z.

autorelease 

+ (id) autorelease;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the receiver.

class 

+ (Class) class;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the receiver.

description 

+ (NSString*) description;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns a string describing the receiver.

isKindOfClass: 

+ (BOOL) isKindOfClass: (Class)aClass;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns NO... the NSProxy class cannot be an instance of any class.

isMemberOfClass: 

+ (BOOL) isMemberOfClass: (Class)aClass;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns YES if aClass is identical to the receiver, NO otherwise.

load 

+ (void) load;
Availability: OpenStep

An empty method provided for subclasses to override.

A dummy method...

release 

+ (oneway void) release;
Availability: OpenStep

An empty method provided for subclasses to override.

A dummy method to ensure that the class can safely be held in containers.

respondsToSelector: 

+ (BOOL) respondsToSelector: (SEL)aSelector;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns YES if the receiver responds to aSelector, NO otherwise.

retain 

+ (id) retain;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the receiver.

retainCount 

+ (NSUInteger) retainCount;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the maximum unsigned integer value.

autorelease 

- (id) autorelease;
Availability: OpenStep

Adds the receiver to the current autorelease pool and returns self.

class 

- (Class) class;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the class of the receiver.

conformsToProtocol: 

- (BOOL) conformsToProtocol: (Protocol*)aProtocol;
Availability: OpenStep

Calls the -forwardInvocation: method to determine if the 'real' object referred to by the proxy conforms to aProtocol. Returns the result.
NB. The default operation of -forwardInvocation: is to raise an exception.

dealloc 

- (void) dealloc;
Availability: OpenStep

Frees the memory used by the receiver.

description 

- (NSString*) description;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns a text description of the receiver.

forwardInvocation: 

- (void) forwardInvocation: (NSInvocation*)anInvocation;
Availability: OpenStep

Subclasses must override this method.
Raises an NSInvalidArgumentException.

hash 

- (NSUInteger) hash;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the address of the receiver... so it can be stored in a dictionary.

init 

- (id) init;
Availability: OpenStep

This is a designated initialiser for the class.
Subclasses must override this method.
Initialises the receiver and returns the resulting instance.

isEqual: 

- (BOOL) isEqual: (id)anObject;
Availability: OpenStep

Tests for pointer equality with anObject.

isKindOfClass: 

- (BOOL) isKindOfClass: (Class)aClass;
Availability: OpenStep

Calls the -forwardInvocation: method to determine if the 'real' object referred to by the proxy is an instance of the specified class. Returns the result.
NB. The default operation of -forwardInvocation: is to raise an exception.

isMemberOfClass: 

- (BOOL) isMemberOfClass: (Class)aClass;
Availability: OpenStep

Calls the -forwardInvocation: method to determine if the 'real' object referred to by the proxy is an instance of the specified class. Returns the result.
NB. The default operation of -forwardInvocation: is to raise an exception.

isProxy 

- (BOOL) isProxy;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns YES.

methodSignatureForSelector: 

- (NSMethodSignature*) methodSignatureForSelector: (SEL)aSelector;
Availability: OpenStep

If we respond to the method directly, create and return a method signature. Otherwise raise an exception.

release 

- (oneway void) release;
Availability: OpenStep

Decrement the retain count for the receiver... deallocate if it would become negative.

respondsToSelector: 

- (BOOL) respondsToSelector: (SEL)aSelector;
Availability: OpenStep

If we respond to the method directly, return YES, otherwise forward this request to the object we are acting as a proxy for.

retain 

- (id) retain;
Availability: OpenStep

Increment the retain count for the receiver.

retainCount 

- (NSUInteger) retainCount;
Availability: OpenStep

Return the retain count for the receiver.

self 

- (id) self;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the receiver.

superclass 

- (Class) superclass;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the superclass of the receiver's class.

zone 

- (NSZone*) zone;
Availability: OpenStep

Returns the zone in which the receiver was allocated.



Instance Variables for NSProxy Class

isa

@public Class isa;
Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.





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