sschmid / floc-reflection

Reflection for Objective-C.

Floc Reflection

Description

Floc Reflection is a set of class methods to easily inspect objects in Objective-C.

How to use Floc Reflection

Inspect an object

Car *car = [[Car alloc] init];

BOOL isClass = [FLReflection isClass:car];
BOOL isProtocol = [FLReflection isProtocol:car];
BOOL isBlock = [FLReflection isBlock:car];
BOOL isInstance = [FLReflection isInstance:car];

NSLog(@"isClass = %d", isClass);        // NO
NSLog(@"isProtocol = %d", isProtocol);  // NO
NSLog(@"isBlock = %d", isBlock);        // NO
NSLog(@"isInstance = %d", isInstance);  // YES

Get all property names of a class

NSArray *propertyNames = [FLReflection getAllPropertyNamesOfClass:[Car class]];
NSLog(@"propertyNames = %@", propertyNames);  // [@"wheel", @"engine"]

Get the property type of a class

// returns class 'Wheel'
id wheelType = [FLReflection getTypeForProperty:@"wheel"
                                        ofClass:[Car class]];

// returns protocol <Engine>
id engineType = [FLReflection getTypeForProperty:@"engine"
                                         ofClass:[Car class]];

Install Floc Reflection

You find the source files you need in Floc-Reflection/Classes.

CocoaPods

Install CocoaPods and add the Floc Reflection reference to your Podfile

platform :ios, '5.0'
  pod 'Floc-Reflection'
end

Install Floc Reflection

$ cd path/to/project
$ pod install

Open the created Xcode Workspace file.