Yes it is kind of odd. When I moved on from C to Objective-C and
Cocoa I found there are many disconnects in the documentation. More
specifically, IB and class documentation seems to not tie in very well
just as you are pointing to in you question. I always figured it was
because some concepts (and classes) where so broad and complex that it
is best to limit the scope. As to why it is not in the header files?
I cannot specifically recall any class header files that list the
built in outlets.
Anyway, very early on I got into the habit of checking for built in
outlet in IB first then googling from there if needed.
Tom
On May 10, 2010, at 7:31 PM, Matt Neuburg wrote:
I've been thinking about how to explain to a beginner that some
classes have
built-in outlets, and it strikes me that the documentation falls
down here.
For example, you know and I know that a UIViewController has a view
outlet;
it is visible in the Connections inspector in IB when you select an
object
that's a UIViewController (or a subclass thereof). But the
UIViewController
class documentation never mentions this fact; and neither does the
header,
if it comes to that. Doesn't this strike you as kind of odd? m.
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