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Re: isKindOfClass:
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Re: isKindOfClass:


  • Subject: Re: isKindOfClass:
  • From: Mike Abdullah <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 21:43:05 +0100

How on earth does this solve the poster's problem? More importantly it's relying on private API, so is very brittle.

On 8 May 2010, at 21:04, Waqar Malik wrote:

> Try  NSClassFromString(@"NSCFString");
>
> --Waqar
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 8, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Kevin Callahan <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> isKindOfClass: is an instance method and doesn't work on a class you get from NSClassFromString().
>>
>> Apple docs: Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver is an instance of given class or an instance of any class that inherits from that class.
>>
>> for example, you can't do this:
>>
>> Class classFromString = NSClassFromString(string);
>>
>> [classFromString isKindOfClass:[SomeClass class]];
>>
>> I don't want to instantiate classFromString in order to check if it's a subclass of SomeClass.
>>
>> What's the best way to check for class inheritance without instantiating?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Kevin
>>
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