Objective-C objc_class 介绍
NSObject
Objective-C 中 NSObject是大多数类的根类。
- @interface NSObject <NSObject> {
- Class isa OBJC_ISA_AVAILABILITY;
- }
它有一个isa属性,类型是Class.
苹果已经将 ObjC runtime 代码开源了,我们下载下,看看Class到底是什么http://opensource.apple.com/tarballs/objc4/objc4-493.9.tar.gz
objc_class
我们可以在<objc.h>文件里看到Class的定义
- typedef struct objc_class *Class;
- typedef struct objc_object {
- Class isa;
- } *id;
Class 是一个 objc_class 结构类型的指针, id是一个 objc_object 结构类型的指针.
objc_class的定义可以在<runtime.h>里找到
- struct objc_class {
- Class isa;
- Class super_class;
- const charchar *name;
- long version;
- long info;
- long instance_size;
- struct objc_ivar_list *ivars;
- struct objc_method_list **methodLists;
- struct objc_cache *cache;
- struct objc_protocol_list *protocols;
- } OBJC2_UNAVAILABLE;
接下来我们来看下每个属性的意思
isa
是一个 Objective-C Class 类型的指针. 实例对象有个isa的属性,指向Class, 而Class里也有个isa的属性, 指向meteClass. 这里就有个点, 在Objective-C中任何的类定义都是对象.
super_class
指向该类的父类, 如果该类已经是最顶层的根类(如 NSObject 或 NSProxy),那么 super_class 就为 NULL.
他们的关系呢,这里有个图http://www.sealiesoftware.com/blog/class%20diagram.pdf
name
我们先看下下面的代码
- id objc_getClass(const charchar *aClassName)
- {
- if (!aClassName) return Nil;
- // NO unconnected, YES class handler
- return look_up_class(aClassName, NO, YES);
- }
- PRIVATE_EXTERN id look_up_class(const charchar *aClassName, BOOL includeUnconnected, BOOL includeClassHandler)
- {
- BOOL includeClassLoader = YES; // class loader cannot be skipped
- id result = nil;
- struct old_class query;
- query.name = aClassName;
- retry:
- if (!result && class_hash) {
- // Check ordinary classes
- mutex_lock (&classLock);
- result = (id)NXHashGet(class_hash, &query);
- mutex_unlock (&classLock);
- }
- if (!result && includeUnconnected && unconnected_class_hash) {
- // Check not-yet-connected classes
- mutex_lock(&classLock);
- result = (id)NXHashGet(unconnected_class_hash, &query);
- mutex_unlock(&classLock);
- }
- if (!result && includeClassLoader && _objc_classLoader) {
- // Try class loader callback
- if ((*_objc_classLoader)(aClassName)) {
- // Re-try lookup without class loader
- includeClassLoader = NO;
- goto retry;
- }
- }
- if (!result && includeClassHandler && objc_classHandler) {
- // Try class handler callback
- if ((*objc_classHandler)(aClassName)) {
- // Re-try lookup without class handler or class loader
- includeClassLoader = NO;
- includeClassHandler = NO;
- goto retry;
- }
- }
- return result;
- }
- struct old_class {
- struct old_class *isa;
- struct old_class *super_class;
- const charchar *name;
- long version;
- long info;
- long instance_size;
- struct old_ivar_list *ivars;
- struct old_method_list **methodLists;
- Cache cache;
- struct old_protocol_list *protocols;
- // CLS_EXT only
- const uint8_t *ivar_layout;
- struct old_class_ext *ext;
- };
objc_getClass从一个字串返回一个类,look_up_class,先创建一个old_class对象,name赋值为这个字串,如果 找到了,就返回old_class.看下old_class的结构就能看出name这个属性存的值就是类的名字(其实name不就是名字嘛)
version
类的版本信息,默认为0
info
供运行期使用的一些位标识。
instance_size
该类的实例变量大小
ivars
- struct objc_ivar_list {
- int ivar_count;
- /* variable length structure */
- struct objc_ivar ivar_list[1];
- }
成员变量的数组
methodLists
方法定义的数组
- struct objc_method_list {
- struct objc_method_list *obsolete;
- int method_count;
- /* variable length structure */
- struct objc_method method_list[1];
- }
objc_cache
指向最近使用的方法.用于方法调用的优化.
- struct objc_cache {
- unsigned int mask /* total = mask + 1 */;
- unsigned int occupied;
- Method buckets[1];
- };
protocols
协议的数组
- struct objc_protocol_list {
- struct objc_protocol_list *next;
- long count;
- Protocol *list[1];
- };
原文地址 http://blog.csdn.net/uxyheaven/article/details/38113901