Nib ownership and retain count

FROM : Ian was here
DATE : Thu Jan 24 18:23:40 2008

I have an interesting issue. I noticed that when I
make an object a Nib file's owner, that my object's
retain count increases by one. So, when I release my
object, it doesn't get deallocated. I found that the
following code works. I was just wondering if there
was a better way.



- (id)init
{
   if ( self = [super init] )
   {
       // Load the Nib file.

       NSNib        *myNib = [[NSNib alloc]
initWithNibNamed:@"MyNib" bundle:nil];

       if ( myNib == nil )
       {
           NSLog( @"MyNib Nib failed to load!" );

           return    nil;
       }


       // Instantiate the Nib file.

       if ( ![myNib instantiateNibWithOwner:self
topLevelObjects:&topLevelNibObjects] )
       {
           NSLog( @"MyNib Nib failed to instantiate!" );

           [myNib release];

           return    nil;
       }

       [myNib release];
       [self release];      // My object's retain count is
now two, drop it down to one.

       [topLevelNibObjects copy];
       [topLevelNibObjects
makeObjectsPerformSelector:@selector(release)];
}




- (void)dealloc
{
    [self retain];    // Must increase my object's
retain count so it doesn't crash.

    [topLevelNibObjects release];
    [super dealloc];
}


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