I'm looking for something similar to attributes in Java, to use in an objective-c environment.
Suppose I have an implementation file with a bunch of methods defined. Is there any way I can mark them up such that I could find them with introspection at runtime? Something like;
##special_method
- (void)foo
{
}
##special_method
- (void)bar
{
}
// Not special
- (void)baz
{
}
As far as I know, nothing exists, and so the best idea I have is to prefix the method name with something common:
- (void)_special_foo
{
}
- (void)_special_bar
{
}
// Not special
- (void)baz
{
}
any other interesting ideas?
I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly, but as an "interesting" possible solution, you can use a global variable that is set to a unique value identifying a specific function on entry (and optionally resetting on exit), or you can use a stack to trace these values that you can inspect at any time.