EDObjectReference

Inherits From:

NSObject

Conforms To:

NSCopying
NSCoding

Declared In:

EDObjectReference.h

Class Description

Object references provide a reference an object that in itself is an object. The references retain their objects. Reference objects can be useful when you want to use heavy-weight objects as keys in Dictionaries (and the object's equality is defined by pointer equality, e.g. Fonts) or you need to pass references on the pasteboard. (Adding and retrieving an object from the pasteboard normally effectively copies it.) Note that there is a convenience method on NSPasteboard that does something similar but does not retain the referenced objects.

Instance Variables

id referencedObject;

referencedObject No description.

Method Types

Creating new references

+ referenceToObject:

Retrieving the references objects

- referencedObject

Class Methods

referenceToObject:

+ (id)referenceToObject:(id)anObject

Creates and returns a new reference to anObject. Note that anObject is retained by the reference.

Instance Methods

referencedObject

- (id)referencedObject

Returns the object.