That's the class of the current instance. I think the poster wants this: "I have this method. What's its class?"
On Feb 22, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Jack Brindle wrote: > Doesn’t [self class] do this? The method is within whatever self is, so it > seems appropriate that [self class] > would provide what you want. > > - Jack > >> On Feb 22, 2015, at 4:41 AM, BareFeetWare <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> How can I get the class of a method, at runtime? >> >> I can get the name of the class methods via: >> >> Method *methods = >> class_copyMethodList(objc_getMetaClass([NSStringFromClass([self class]) >> UTF8String]), &methodCount); >> for (int i = 0; i < methodCount; i++) { >> Method method = methods[i]; >> NSString *methodName = NSStringFromSelector(method_getName(method)); >> >> >> And I can get the "returnType" via: >> >> char *returnType = method_copyReturnType(method); >> NSLog(@"The return type is %s", returnType); >> >> >> However, the returnType is just a char that is set to "@" for all classes. I >> want to know which class is returned. >> >> References: >> >> Apple's documentation on the Objective C runtime library: >> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ObjCRuntimeRef/index.html >> >> This article points to some private methods in NSObject that will return the >> full syntax of the method header, but is as clueless as I am as to how they >> get the class: >> http://bou.io/ExtendedTypeInfoInObjC.html >> >> Any introspective answers out there? >> >> Thanks, >> Tom >> >> Tom Brodhurst-Hill >> BareFeetWare 👣 >> >> -- >> iPhone/iPad/iPod and Mac software development, specialising in databases >> [email protected] >> -- >> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/barefeetware/ >> Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BareFeetWare >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jackbrindle%40me.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/zav%40mac.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
