I am pondering the following framework public API method signatures.

The API requires a mixture of const char* and NSString * parameters.

The question is whether to precede const char * parameter names with UTF8 e.g.:

+ (MonoClass *)monoClassWithName:(char *)className fromAssemblyName:(const char 
*)assemblyName;

becomes

+ (MonoClass *)monoClassWithUTF8Name:(char *)className 
fromAssemblyUTF8Name:(const char *)assemblyName;
 
I have doubts in case that NSString * convenience variants become desirable in 
the future.

Just wondering how others have approached this.

===

+ (MonoClass *)monoClassWithName:(char *)className fromAssemblyName:(const char 
*)assemblyName;
- (MonoClass *)monoClassWithName:(char *)className fromAssemblyName:(const char 
*)name;
+ (MonoClass *)monoClassWithName:(char *)className fromAssembly:(MonoAssembly 
*)assembly;
+ (MonoClass *)corlibMonoClassWithName:(char *)className;

+ (MonoClass *)dubrovnikMonoClassWithName:(char *)className;
+ (MonoMethod *)dubrovnikMonoMethodWithName:(char *)methodName className:(char 
*)className argCount:(int)argCount;

- (MonoAssembly *)loadedAssemblyWithName:(const char *)name;
- (MonoAssembly *)loadedAssembly:(NSString *)name;

- (MonoAssembly *)openAssemblyWithName:(const char *)name;
- (MonoAssembly *)openAssemblyWithPath:(NSString *)assemblyPath;
- (MonoAssembly *)openAssembly:(NSString *)name path:(NSString *)assemblyPath;
- (MonoAssembly *)openAssemblyWithName:(const char *)name path:(NSString *)path;

Jonathan












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