Re: Making an NSMethodInvocation from the current method

2010-08-23 Thread Roland King
d) doesn't work - I tried that one, in this case it's a UIView and invalidating it, or a tool bar on it, doesn't get the tool bar buttons to redraw properly, hence the need to move the actual set of those things over to the main thread. Whether it works for other UI elements I don't know but it

Re: Making an NSMethodInvocation from the current method

2010-08-22 Thread Graham Cox
On 22/08/2010, at 6:31 PM, Graham Cox wrote: > the hidden parameter -cmd to any method is its own selector That should be _cmd (slip of the shift key). So you could create an NSInvocation for the current method using [NSInvocation invocationWithMethodSignature:[self methodSignatureForSelector

Re: Making an NSMethodInvocation from the current method

2010-08-22 Thread Graham Cox
On 22/08/2010, at 7:03 AM, Roland King wrote: > if( ![ NSThread isMainThread ] ) > [ NSMagicFunctionReturningAnInvocationForThisCurrentFunction() > performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector( invoke ) withObject:nil > waitUntilDone:NO ]; > else > { > // method performing code here > } >

Re: Making an NSMethodInvocation from the current method

2010-08-22 Thread Erik Buck
use blocks and gcd, or use a proxy http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSProxy_Class/Reference/Reference.html A proxy can forward all invocations to the main thread. Create a subclass of NSProxy. Implement – (void)forwardInvocation:(NSInvoc

Re: Making an NSMethodInvocation from the current method

2010-08-21 Thread Tony Romano
Use GCD. dispatch_sync(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{ // Call your function here MyFunction (param 1, param2, ...); }); Tony Romano http://www.cocoaegghead.com On Aug 21, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Roland King wrote: Is there a built-

Making an NSMethodInvocation from the current method

2010-08-21 Thread Roland King
Is there a built-in function to make an NSMethodInvocation from 'the current method I'm in with all current parameters', or does anyone have any code they've written to do this? Motivation, I'm writing a display class which can get updated from a background thread, it has a whole load of metho