Objective-C Pocket Reference

A Guide to Language Fundamentals

By: Andrew Duncan

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Paperback | 7 January 2003

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This text provides a quick and concise introduction to Objective-C for programmers already familiar with either C or C++, and will continue to serve as a handy reference even after the language is mastered. In addition to covering the essentials of Objective-C syntax, it also covers important facets of the language such as memory management, the Objective-C runtime, dynamic loading, distributed objects, and exception-handling. Andrew Duncan provides a quick and concise introduction to Objective-C for the experienced programmer. In addition to covering the essentials of Objective-C syntax, he also covers important faces of the language such as memory management, the Objective-C runtime, dynamic loading, distributed objects, and exception handling. O'Reilly's "Pocket References" provide important details in a succinct, well-organized format and aim to deliver what you need to complete the task at hand.

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Introduction	p. 1
What Is Objective-C?	p. 3
Dynamic Dispatch	p. 4
Dynamic Typing	p. 4
Dynamic Loading	p. 5
Which Objective-C?	p. 5
How Do I Get Started?	p. 6
Elements of the Language	p. 7
Objects	p. 7
Classes	p. 8
Inheritance and Subtyping	p. 13
Fields	p. 14
Methods	p. 16
Categories	p. 26
Protocols	p. 29
Declarations	p. 31
Predefined Types, Constants, and Variables	p. 34
Compiler and Preprocessor Directives	p. 37
Class Declarations and Definitions	p. 37
Forward Declarations	p. 38
Expanding Directives	p. 39
Preprocessor Symbols	p. 43
Compiler Flags	p. 43
Remote Messaging	p. 44
Pointer Parameter Qualifiers	p. 45
Return Value Qualifiers	p. 46
Object Qualifiers	p. 46
Object Lifecycle	p. 46
Creating an Object	p. 47
Copying an Object	p. 53
Deallocating an Object	p. 57
Runtime Errors	p. 58
Object Error Handling	p. 58
Exceptions in Cocoa	p. 60
Runtime Environment	p. 64
Class Objects	p. 64
Metaclass Objects	p. 66
Selectors	p. 68
Protocol Objects	p. 69
Root Classes	p. 69
Fields	p. 70
Methods	p. 70
The Object Class	p. 71
The NSObject Class	p. 79
Forwarding Messages	p. 89
Object Forwarding	p. 90
NSObject Forwarding	p. 91
Memory Management	p. 94
Manual Memory Management	p. 94
Reference Counting	p. 95
Garbage Collection	p. 100
Archiving Objects	p. 100
Archiving Descendants of Object	p. 101
Archiving Descendants of NSObject	p. 103
Key-Value Coding	p. 107
Access Permissions	p. 107
NSKeyValueCoding Methods	p. 108
Handling Key Lookup Failures	p. 111
Optimizing Method Calls	p. 111
Objective-C++	p. 113
Objective-C Resources	p. 114
Index	p. 116
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