Objective-C Pocket Reference

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by: Andrew M. Duncan

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On-line Price: $13.95 (includes GST) Paperback package 128 20%Off Retail Price You save: $3.00 Please call us to check availability	Retail Price: $16.95 Publisher: O'REILLY,December 2002 Category: C++ PROGRAMMING Level: I/A ISBN: 0596004230 ISBN13: 9780596004231
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Objective-C is an exciting and dynamic approach to C-based object-oriented programming; it's the approach adopted by Apple as the foundation for programming under Mac OS X, a Unix-based operating system gaining wide acceptance among programmers and other technologists. Objective-C is easy to learn and has a simple elegance that is a welcome breath of fresh air after the abstruse and confusing C++. To help you master the fundamentals of this language, you'll want to keep the Objective-C Pocket Reference close at hand. This small book contains a wealth of valuable information to speed you over the learning curve.

  In this pocket reference, author Andrew Duncan provides a quick and concise introduction to Objective-C for the experienced programmer. In addition to covering the essentials of Objective-C syntax, Andrew also covers important faces of the language such as memory management, the Objective-C runtime, dynamic loading, distributed objects, and exception handling.

  O'Reilly's Pocket References have become a favorite among programmers everywhere. By providing important details in a succinct, well-organized format, these handy books deliver just what you need to complete the task at hand. When you've reached a sticking point in your work and need to get to a solution quickly, the new Objective-C Pocket Reference is the book you'll want to have.

Table of Contents

Introduction

  What Is Objective-C?

          Dynamic Dispatch

          Dynamic Typing

          Dynamic Loading

          Which Objective-C?

          How Do I Get Started?

  Elements of the Language

          Objects

          Classes

          Inheritance and Subtyping

          Fields

          Methods

          Categories

          Protocols

          Declarations

          Predefined Types, Constants, and Variables

  Compiler and Preprocessor Directives

          Class Declarations and Definitions

          Forward Declarations

          Expanding Directives

          Preprocessor Symbols

  Compiler Flags

  Remote Messaging

          Pointer Parameter Qualifiers

          Return Value Qualifiers

          Object Qualifiers

  Object Lifecycle

          Creating an Object

          Copying an Object

          Deallocating an Object

  Runtime Errors

          Object Error Handling

          Exceptions in Cocoa

  Runtime Environment

          Class Objects

          Metaclass Objects

          Selectors

          Protocol Objects

  Root Classes

          Fields

          Methods

          The Object Class

          The NSObject Class

  Forwarding Messages

          Object Forwarding

          NSObject Forwarding

  Memory Management

          Manual Memory Management

          Reference Counting

          Garbage Collection

  Archiving Objects

          Archiving Descendants of Object

          Archiving Descendants of NSObject

  Key-Value Coding

          Access Permissions

          NSKeyValueCoding Methods

          Handling Key Lookup Failures

  Optimizing Method Calls

  Objective-C++

  Objective-C Resources

  Index

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