Index

A number represents a single reference to a topic.
A number with a "+" sign represents a longer discussion of a topic.


Symbols   A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   M   N   O   P   R   S   T   U   V   Y   

Symbols
+ (plus sign) before method names 1
- (minus sign) before method names 1
// marker comment 1
@"" directive (string declaration) 1 2
_cmd 1 2 3 4 5 6
__cplusplus preprocessor constant 1
__OBJC__ preprocessor constant 1
A
abstract classes 1+ 2
action messages 1
adaptation 1
adopting a protocol 1+ 2
alloc method 1 2
allocating memory 1
allocWithZone: method 1
anonymous objects 1
argument types
  and dynamic binding 1
  and selectors 1
  declaring 1
  encoding 1
  in declarations 1
arguments
  during initialization 1
  hidden 1 2
  in remote messages 1
  specifying 1
  type modifiers 1
  variable 1
autorelease method 1 2 3
B
behaviors
  inheriting 1
  of Cocoa objects 1
  of NSObject class 1
  overriding 1
BOOL data type 1
bycopy type qualifier 1 2
byref type qualifier 1 2
C
.c extension 1 2
C language support 1
C++ language support 1+
@catch() directive 1 2 3
categories 1+
  See also subclasses
  and informal protocols 1
  declaration of 1+
  declaring 1
  defining 1
  implementation of 1+
  loading dynamically 1
  naming conventions 1
  of root classes 1
  scope of variables 1
  uses of 1 2
Class data type 1 2
@class directive 1 2 3 4 5
class method 1
class methods
  and selectors 1
  and static variables 1
  declaration of 1 2
  defined 1
  of root class 1
  using self 1
class object
  defined 1
  initializing 1
class objects 1+
  and root class 1
  and root instance methods 1 2
  and static typing 1
  as receivers of messages 1
  variables and 1
classes 1+
  root. See root classes
  abstract 1
  and inheritance 1 2
  and instances 1
  and namespaces 1
  declaring 1+ 2 3
  defining 1+ 2
  designated initializer of 1
  examples 1
  extending 1
  identifying 1
  implementation of 1 2
  instance methods 1
  interfaces 1
  introspection 1 2
  loading dynamically 1
  naming conventions 1
  subclasses 1
  superclass 1
  uses of 1
comment marker (//) 1
compiler directives, summary of 1
conforming to protocols 1
conformsToProtocol: method 1 2
const type qualifier 1
conventions of this book 1+
customization with class objects 1+
D
data members. See instance variables
data structures. See instance variables
data types defined by Objective-C 1
dealloc method 1
deallocating objects 1
@defs() directive 1 2 3 4
designated initializer 1+
development environment 1
directives, summary of 1+
dispatch tables 1
dispatching messages 1
distributed objects 1
doesNotRecognizeSelector: method 1
dynamic binding 1+
dynamic loading 1
dynamic typing 1
E
@encode() directive 1 2 3 4
encoding methods 1
@end directive 1 2 3 4 5 6
exceptions 1+
  catching 1
  clean-up processing 1
  compiler switch 1
  exception handler 1
  nesting exception handlers 1
  NSException 1 2 3
  synchronization 1
  system requirements 1
  throwing 1 2
F
@finally directive 1 2 3
formal protocols 1 2
  See also protocols
forwarding messages 1+
forwardInvocation: method 1
G
GNU Compiler Collection 1
H
.h extension 1 2 3 4
hidden arguments 1 2
I
id data type 1
  and method declarations 1
  and static typing 1 2
  as default method return type 1
  of class objects 1
  overview 1
IMP data type 1
@implementation directive 1 2 3 4
implementation files 1 2
implementation
  of classes 1+ 2
  of methods 1 2
#import directive 1 2 3 4
in type qualifier 1 2
#include directive 1
#include directive See #import directive
informal protocols 1
  See also protocols
inheritance 1+
  and forwarding 1
  of instance variables 1
  of interface files 1
init method 1 2
initialize method 1
initializing objects 1 2
inout type qualifier 1 2
instance methods 1
  and selectors 1
  declaration of 1
  declaring 1
  naming conventions 1
  syntax 1
instance variables
  declaring 1 2 3
  defined 1
  encapsulation 1
  inheriting 1+ 2
  initializing 1
  naming conventions 1
  of the receiver 1
  public access to 1 2
  referring to 1
  releasing 1
  scope of 1 2+ 3
instances of a class
  allocating 1+
  creating 1
  defined 1
  initializing 1 2+
instances of the class
  See also objects
@interface directive 1 2 3 4 5 6
interface files 1 2
introspection 1 2
isa instance variable 1 2 3
isKindOfClass: method 1 2 3
isMemberOfClass: method 1 2
M
.m extension 1 2 3 4 5 6
memory management 1
memory
  allocating 1 2
  deallocating 1
message expressions 1 2
message receivers 1
messages 1+
  See also methods
  and selectors 1 2
  and static typing 1
  asynchronous 1
  binding 1
  defined 1 2
  encoding 1
  forwarding 1+
  remote 1
  sending 1 2
  synchronous 1
  syntax 1
  varying at runtime 1 2
messaging 1+
  avoiding errors 1
  to remote objects 1+
metaclass object 1
method implementations 1 2
methodForSelector: method 1 2
methods 1
  See also behaviors
  See also messages
  adding with categories 1
  address of 1
  and selectors 1 2
  and variable arguments 1
  argument types 1+
  arguments 1 2
  calling super 1
  class methods 1
  declaring 1 2
  encoding 1
  hidden arguments 1
  implementing 1 2
  inheriting 1
  instance methods 1
  naming conventions 1
  overriding 1
  return types 1 2
  returning values 1 2
  selecting 1
  specifying arguments 1
  using instance variables 1
minus sign (-) before method names 1
.mm extension 1 2
multiple inheritance 1
N
name spaces 1
naming conventions 1
Nil constant 1
nil constant 1 2
NO constant 1
NSBundle 1
NSClassFromString function 1
NSException 1 2 3
NSInvocation 1
NSObject 1 2 3
NSSelectorFromString function 1
NSStringFromSelector function 1
O
objc_loadModules function 1
objc_msgSend function 1 2
objc_object structure 1
object 1
object identifiers 1
Objective-C 1
Objective-C++ 1
objects 1+ 2
  See also class objects, Protocol objects
  allocating memory for 1
  and ownership 1
  anonymous 1
  autoreleasing 1
  converting to structures 1
  creating 1
  customizing 1
  data structure of 1
  designated initializer 1
  dynamic typing 1 2
  examples 1
  initializing 1 2 3 4 5
  initializing a class object 1
  instance variables 1
  introspection 1
  method inheritance 1
  Protocol 1
  reference counting 1
  releasing 1
  remote 1
  retaining 1
  static typing 1
  surrogate 1+
oneway type qualifier 1 2
out type qualifier 1 2
overriding methods 1
P
parameters. See arguments
performSelector: method 1
performSelector:withObject: method 1
performSelector:withObject:withObject: method 1
plus sign (+) before method names 1
polymorphism
  defined 1
precompiled headers 1
preprocessor directives, summary of 1
@private directive 1 2 3 4
procedures. See methods
@protected directive 1 2 3 4
@protocol directive 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Protocol objects 1
protocols 1+
  adopting 1 2 3
  conforming to 1 2 3
  declaring 1 2
  formal 1+
  forward references to 1 2
  incorporating other protocols 1+ 2
  informal 1
  naming conventions 1
  type checking 1
  uses of 1 2+
proxy objects 1 2
@public directive 1 2 3 4
R
receivers of messages
  and class names 1
  defined 1
  in messaging expression 1
  in messaging function 1
  instance variables of 1
reference counting 1
release method 1 2
remote messages 1
remote objects 1
remote procedure calls (RPC) 1
respondsToSelector: method 1 2
retain method 1
retaining objects 1
return types
  and messaging 1
  and statically typed objects 1
  declaration of 1
  encoding 1
root classes
  See also NSObject
  and class interface declarations 1
  and inheritance 1
  categories of 1
  declaration of 1
runtime system
  functions 1
  overview 1
S
SEL data type 1 2
@selector() directive 1 2 3 4 5
selectors 1+
  and hidden arguments 1
  and messaging errors 1
  defined 1
  in messaging function 1
self 1 2 3 4 5
Smalltalk 1
specialization 1
static type checking 1
static typing 1+
  and instance variables 1
  in interface files 1
  introduced 1
  to inherited classes 1
strings, declaring 1 2
subclasses 1
super variable 1 2 3
superclasses
  See also abstract classes
  and inheritance 1
  importing 1
surrogate objects 1
synchronization 1+
  compiler switch 1
  exceptions 1
  mutexes 1
  system requirements 1
@synchronized() directive 1 2
T
target-action paradigm 1+
targets 1
this keyword 1
@throw directive 1 2 3 4
@try directive 1 2
type checking
  class types 1 2
  protocol types 1
type encoding 1+
type introspection 1
types defined by Objective-C 1
U
unsigned int data type 1
V
variable arguments 1
void data type 1
Y
YES constant 1


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