• Who Should Read This Document

• Working with Classes

• Adding Classes

• Instantiating Classes

• Working with Instances

• Obtaining Class Definitions

• Working with Instance Variables

• Sending Messages

• Forwarding Messages

• Working with Methods

• Working with Selectors

• Working with Protocols

• Working with Properties

• class_addIvar

• class_addMethod

• class_addProtocol

• class_conformsToProtocol

• class_copyIvarList

• class_copyMethodList

• class_copyPropertyList

• class_copyProtocolList

• class_createInstance

• class_getClassMethod

• class_getClassVariable

• class_getInstanceMethod

• class_getInstanceSize

• class_getInstanceVariable

• class_getIvarLayout

• class_getMethodImplementation

• class_getMethodImplementation_stret

• class_getName

• class_getProperty

• class_getSuperclass

• class_getVersion

• class_getWeakIvarLayout

• class_isMetaClass

• class_respondsToSelector

• class_setIvarLayout

• class_setSuperclass

• class_setVersion

• class_setWeakIvarLayout

• ivar_getName

• ivar_getOffset

• ivar_getTypeEncoding

• marg_free

• marg_getRef

• marg_getValue

• marg_malloc

• marg_setValue

• method_copyArgumentType

• method_copyReturnType

• method_exchangeImplementations

• method_getArgumentType

• method_getImplementation

• method_getName

• method_getNumberOfArguments

• method_getReturnType

• method_getTypeEncoding

• method_setImplementation

• objc_allocateClassPair

• objc_copyProtocolList

• objc_duplicateClass

• objc_getClass

• objc_getClassList

• objc_getFutureClass

• objc_getMetaClass

• objc_getProtocol

• objc_getRequiredClass

• objc_lookUpClass

• objc_msgSend

• objc_msgSendSuper

• objc_msgSendSuper_stret

• objc_msgSend_fpret

• objc_msgSend_stret

• objc_registerClassPair

• objc_setFutureClass

• object_copy

• object_dispose

• object_getClass

• object_getClassName

• object_getIndexedIvars

• object_getInstanceVariable

• object_getIvar

• object_setClass

• object_setInstanceVariable

• object_setIvar

• property_getAttributes

• property_getName

• protocol_conformsToProtocol

• protocol_copyMethodDescriptionList

• protocol_copyPropertyList

• protocol_copyProtocolList

• protocol_getMethodDescription

• protocol_getName

• protocol_getProperty

• protocol_isEqual

• sel_getName

• sel_getUid

• sel_isEqual

• sel_registerName

• Class-Definition Data Structures

• Class

• Method

• Ivar

• Category

• objc_property_t

• IMP

• marg_list

• SEL

• objc_method_list

• objc_cache

• objc_protocol_list

• Instance Data Types

• id

• objc_object

• objc_super

• Boolean Value

• BOOL

• Boolean Values

• Null Values

• Runtime Functions

• Basic types

• Instances

• Class Inspection

• Class Manipulation

• Methods

• Instance Variables

• Selectors

• Runtime

• Messaging

• Protocols

• Exceptions

• Synchronization

• NXHashTable and NXMapTable

• Structures