GBMethodsProvider Class Reference

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Initializes methods provider with the given parent object.

The given parent object is set to each GBMethodData registered through registerMethod:. This is the designated initializer.

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Merges data from the given methods provider.

This copies all unknown methods from the given source to receiver and invokes merging of data for receivers methods also found in source. It leaves source data intact.

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Returns the method that matches the given selector.

If no method matches the given selector, nil is returned. If nil or empty string is passed for selector, nil is returned also.

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Registers the given method to the providers data.

If provider doesn't yet have the given method instance registered, the object is added to methods list. If the same object is already registered, nothing happens. The method is also registered to the end of the list of methods for last registered section. If no section is registered a default section is created. However if another section is registered in such case, a warning is issued!

Note: If another instance of the method with the same selector is registered, an exception is thrown.

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Registers a new section if the given name is valid section name.

The method validates the name string to have at least one char in it. If so, it sends the receiver registerSectionWithName: message, passing it the given name and returns generated GBMethodSectionData object.. If the name is nil or empty string, no section is registered and nil is returned. This is provided only to simplify client code - i.e. no need for testing in each place where section should be registered, while on the other hand, validation tests are nicely encapsulated within the class itself, so no functionality is exposed.

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Registers a new section with the given name.

This creates a new GBMethodSectionData object with empty array of methods and the given name. Any method registered from now on is added to this section until another section is registered. Registering a section with the same name as one of the existing sections logs a warning but adds the section anyway!

Important: If no section is registered when registering first method, default, no-name section (i.e. [GBMethodSectionData sectionName] value is nil) is created automatically. However registering a second (and all subsequent) section would yield a warning in log! This aids creating simple objects which have no section. Note that only a log warning is issued, but all additional sections are added anyway.

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Unregisters the given method from the providers data.

This effectively removes the method from all methods lists as well as from section the method belongs to. If the section becomes empty, the section is removed also. If the method isn't found in the lists, nothing happens.

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The array of all registered class methods as GBMethodData instances sorten by method selector strings.

This array is automatically filled when methods are registered by sending registerMethod: to the receiver. If there is no class method registered, empty array is returned.

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Specifies whether there is are at least one class method registered.

This is mainly used as a helper for output generator. It is equivalent querrying for the number of class methods and check if the value is greater than 1, like this: [object.classMethods count] > 0.

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Specifies whether there is are at least one instance method registered.

This is mainly used as a helper for output generator. It is equivalent querrying for the number of instance methods and check if the value is greater than 1, like this: [object.instanceMethods count] > 0.

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Specifies whether there is are at least two sections registered.

This is mainly used as a helper for output generator. It is equivalent querrying for the number of sections and check if the value is greater than 1, like this: [object.sections count] > 1.

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Specifies whether there is are at least one property registered.

This is mainly used as a helper for output generator. It is equivalent querrying for the number of propeties and check if the value is greater than 1, like this: [object.properties count] > 0.

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Specifies whether there is at least one section registered.

This is mainly used as a helper for output generator. It is equivalent querrying for the number of sections and check if the value is greater than 0, like this: [object.sections count] > 0.

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The array of all registered instance methods as GBMethodData instances sorten by method selector strings.

This array is automatically filled when methods are registered by sending registerMethod: to the receiver. If there is no isntance method registered, empty array is returned.

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The array of all registered properties as GBMethodData instances sorten by property name strings.

This array is automatically filled when properties are registered by sending registerMethod: to the receiver. If there is no property registered, empty array is returned.

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The array of all registered sections in the order of registration.

Each section is represented as GBMethodSectionData object containing the name of the section and the list of all methods registered for that section.