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Re: Sublclassing NSThread
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Re: Sublclassing NSThread


  • Subject: Re: Sublclassing NSThread
  • From: Jean-Daniel Dupas <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:49:41 +0100


Le 16 déc. 08 à 18:29, Brad O'Hearne a écrit :

Hello,

I am trying to create an NSThread subclass which completely wraps the desired behavior of the thread execution. Now typically when creating a new thread instance, it seems one will use the initWithTarget:selector:object initializer to properly direct the thread's execution. But what if I want the thread subclass to invoke a method within itself? This leaves you with a situation where you have to set the target to self within the initializer, but that seems problematic, as "self" is not yet defined, i.e.:

- (id)init {
	self = [super initWithTarget:self @selector(myMethod) object:nil];
	return self;
}

As you can see, the initWithTarget: param is set to self, but the purpose of that statement is to set self, and self isn't defined yet to my knowledge. I'd otherwise just use the NSThread's init method, but I do not see a way to set the target as a property on the thread object once initialized. So my question is, in Objective C, is the typical approach to wrapping behavior entirely within an NSThread subclass to override the start method, as such:

- (void) start {
	[super start];
	[self myMethod];
}

Is this the recommended approach, or is there another way to go about this?

No. In Cocoa you never subclass NSThread. Instead of overriding start, you implement you own start wherever you want (and with the name you want) and you pass it as parameter (SEL + target).



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