Re: Class name

FROM : Ricky Sharp
DATE : Mon Nov 22 19:09:50 2004

On Monday, November 22, 2004, at 11:43AM, <<email_removed>> wrote:

>How can i get a name as a NSString of a Class Object?
>
>ex:
>
>Class    _someClass = (Class )NSButton;
>NSString*    _className = [ _someClass ???? ];


I'm reading this as you have a Class, and then need to get it's name.  If that's correct, I believe Class is just a pointer to the objc_class structure.  One of the fields of that struct is a const char* name.

Warning: I've never done any coding with the Obj-C structures directly, so no clue if this will even compile:

- (NSString*)stringForClass:(Class)aClass
{
    objc_class* classStructure = (objc_class*) aClass;

    return [[NSString alloc] initWithCString:[classStructure->name] autorelease];
}

Or, do you have an instance of the class you want a name for?  If so, just call the className method (from NSObject)

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Rick Sharp
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