On 16 Oct 2008, at 12:20 am, Ruotger Skupin wrote:

Hi,

when comparing the class of two objects I usually do [obj1 isKindOfClass:[obj2 class]]. But if I say have the Class as an input value to a method:

- (void) bla:(Class) inClass
{
        if (/* inClass is an NSString */)
        {
                // do stuff
        }
        else if (/* inClass is an NSNumber */)
        {
                // do other stuff
        }
}

Is it save to compare like this:

        inClass == [NSString class]

or do I have to e.g.:

        [[NSNumber numberWithInt:0] isKindOfClass:inClass]

Roddi


As well as what others have said, consider not testing the class at all but instead testing for a response to a particular message of interest (so-called "duck typing" - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_typing) . That can be a lot more flexible. Another option is to declare a formal protocol that is common to the possible classes of interest, though in the example that wouldn't work because you can't force an existing class to conform to a protocol without subclassing.

--Graham
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