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Re: Question about respondsToSelector
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Re: Question about respondsToSelector


  • Subject: Re: Question about respondsToSelector
  • From: Ricky Sharp <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:27:24 -0500


On Aug 18, 2008, at 1:17 PM, Carmen Cerino Jr. wrote:

Does the id type have enough information for the respondsToSelector method to work. I have a class with an ivar of type id, and when I invoke the respondsToSelector method it fails when it should succeed. I am assuming it should work fine, because if I skip checking with the respondsToSelector method and just make the call, it executes the method. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?

It should work just fine. This example...

NSArray* theArray = [NSArray array];
id theId = theArray;
id<NSCopying>* theCopyingId = (id<NSCopying>*) theArray;

if ([theArray respondsToSelector:@selector(isEqualToArray:)]) {
    NSLog(@"theArray responds to isEqualToArray:");
} else {
    NSLog(@"theArray DOES NOT respond to isEqualToArray:");
}

if ([theId respondsToSelector:@selector(isEqualToArray:)]) {
    NSLog(@"theId responds to isEqualToArray:");
} else {
    NSLog(@"theId DOES NOT respond to isEqualToArray:");
}

if ([(id) theCopyingId respondsToSelector:@selector(isEqualToArray:)]) {
    NSLog(@"theCopyingId responds to isEqualToArray:");
} else {
    NSLog(@"theCopyingId DOES NOT respond to isEqualToArray:");
}


...displays this output:

theArray responds to isEqualToArray:
theId responds to isEqualToArray:
theCopyingId responds to isEqualToArray:


Note that special casting done to remove warnings. However, without the casting, output was the same.


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