Objective-C: Visual QuickStart Guide

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 9
Chapter 1: Getting Started: Essential Objective-C......Page 10
 Creating Your First Program......Page 12
 Compiling and Running Your First Program......Page 15
 Using Variables......Page 17
 Displaying Values in Variables......Page 18
 Working with Data Types......Page 20
 Adding Comments......Page 22
 Using Arithmetic Operators......Page 24
 Using Assignment Operators......Page 26
 Using the Increment and Decrement Operators......Page 28
 Changing Type with Cast Operators......Page 30
Chapter 2: Directing Program Flow......Page 32
 Using the if Statement......Page 35
 Using the else Statement......Page 36
 Using the switch Statement......Page 38
 Using Comparison Operators......Page 40
 Using Logical Operators......Page 41
 Using the Conditional Operator......Page 42
 Using the for Loop......Page 44
 Using the while Loop......Page 46
 Using the do...while Loop......Page 48
 Using the break Statement......Page 50
Chapter 3: Handling Data......Page 52
 About Creating NS-Class Objects......Page 54
 Creating Arrays......Page 55
 Initializing Arrays......Page 56
 Looping over Arrays......Page 57
 Creating Two-Dimensional Arrays......Page 58
 Using Pointers......Page 60
 Using Pointer Math......Page 61
 Interchanging Pointers and Arrays......Page 62
 Using Strings......Page 63
 Passing Messages to String Objects......Page 65
 Using Enumerations......Page 66
Chapter 4: Creating Functions......Page 68
 Defining a Function......Page 70
 Declaring Functions Using Prototypes......Page 71
 Passing Arguments to Functions......Page 73
 Returning Values from Functions......Page 75
 Using Function Scope......Page 77
 Passing Pointers to Functions......Page 79
 Passing Arrays to Functions......Page 81
 Passing Constant Data to Functions......Page 83
 Using Recursion......Page 85
 Using Pointers to Functions......Page 86
Chapter 5: Classes and Objects......Page 88
 Creating Objective-C Classes and Objects......Page 91
 Using Class Methods......Page 93
 Creating an Object......Page 95
 Creating Object Methods......Page 96
 Storing Data in Objects......Page 97
 Passing Multiple Arguments to Methods......Page 99
 Storing the Interface in a Header File......Page 101
 Adding the Implementation to the Header File......Page 103
 Linking Multiple Files......Page 104
 Using Constructors......Page 106
Chapter 6: Object-Oriented Programming......Page 108
 About Access Specifiers......Page 109
 Using Public Access......Page 111
 Using Private Access......Page 112
 Using Protected Access......Page 114
 Using Class Variables......Page 116
 Accessing the Current Object......Page 118
 Creating a Variable for Multiple Object Types......Page 120
 Verifying That an Object Belongs to a Class......Page 122
 Checking an Object\'s Class with isKindOfClass......Page 124
 Verifying That an Object Supports a Method......Page 126
 Checking Whether Objects Support a Method......Page 127
Chapter 7: Working with Object-Oriented Inheritance......Page 128
 Inheriting from a Class......Page 130
 Inheriting Base-Class Data Members......Page 131
 Inheriting Base-Class Methods......Page 133
 Overriding Base-Class Methods......Page 135
 Overloading Base-Class Methods......Page 137
 Using Multi-level Inheritance......Page 139
 Limiting Access......Page 141
 Restricting Access......Page 143
 Using Constructors with Inheritance......Page 145
 Using Polymorphism......Page 147
Chapter 8: Categories, Posing, and Protocols......Page 150
 About Categories......Page 152
 Categories: Creating the Base Class......Page 154
 Categories: Creating Categories......Page 155
 Categories: Putting It All Together......Page 156
 About Posing......Page 158
 Posing: Creating the Base Class......Page 160
 Posing: Creating the Derived Class......Page 161
 Posing: Putting It All Together......Page 162
 About Protocols......Page 164
 Protocols: Defining the Protocol and Interfaces......Page 166
 Protocols: Creating the Class Implementations......Page 168
 Protocols: Putting It All Together......Page 170
Chapter 9: Using Arrays and Dictionaries......Page 172
 Creating an Array......Page 174
 Accessing Array Elements......Page 175
 Using Enumeration to Loop over an Array......Page 176
 Creating a Mutable Array......Page 178
 Adding Elements to a Mutable Array......Page 180
 Sorting an Array......Page 182
 Releasing Array Memory......Page 184
 Creating a Dictionary......Page 185
 Enumerating a Dictionary......Page 187
 Creating a Mutable Dictionary......Page 189
 Adding Objects to a Mutable Dictionary......Page 190
Chapter 10: Managing Memory in Objective-C......Page 192
 Creating Test Objects......Page 194
 Displaying the Retain Count......Page 195
 Incrementing an Object’s Retain Count......Page 197
 Decrementing an Object’s Retain Count......Page 199
 Deallocating Objects from Memory......Page 201
 Using an Autorelease Pool......Page 203
 Using Self-Managed Memory......Page 204
 Deallocating Memory Yourself: Creating the Class......Page 206
 Deallocating Memory Yourself: Storing Internal Objects......Page 207
 Deallocating Memory Yourself: Creating the main Method......Page 209
 Deallocating Memory Yourself: Performing Deallocation......Page 210
Chapter 11: Exception Handling......Page 212
 Catching Exceptions......Page 214
 Handling Exceptions......Page 215
 Using the End Handler......Page 216
 Creating an Exception......Page 218
 Checking What Exception Occurred......Page 220
 Handling Multiple Exceptions......Page 222
 Passing Exceptions Up the Call Stack......Page 224
 Returning Values from Exception Handlers......Page 226
 Returning void from an Exception Handler......Page 228
 Catching Uncaught Exceptions......Page 230
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 M......Page 236
 O......Page 237
 P......Page 238
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