Re: + (void) initialize not getting called
Re: + (void) initialize not getting called
- Subject: Re: + (void) initialize not getting called
- From: "Gary L. Wade" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:58:07 -0700
+initialize is called only the first time a class is instantiated; it can be called again if a derived class does not implement it.
- Gary L. Wade (Sent from my iPhone)
On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Gabriel Roth <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Ken Tozier <email@hidden> wrote:
>> I wrote a class that stores data common to all instances in an, init file, but when I create new instances, + (void) initialize isn't getting called.
>
> I can't tell for sure from your email, but it seems like you might be
> expecting initialize to be called whenever you create a new instance
> of your class.
>
>> From the NSObject documentation:
> "The runtime sends initialize to each class in a program exactly one
> time just before the class, or any class that inherits from it, is
> sent its first message from within the program."
>
> So creating a new instance won't trigger an initialize message unless
> it's the very first message sent to your class.
>
> Sorry if I've misunderstood.
>
> gr.
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