Nu Class Reference

NuClass

A Nu wrapper for class representations in the Objective-C runtime.

Superclass: NSObject
Declared in: objc/Nu.h

NuClass provides an object wrapper for classes that are represented in the Objective-C runtime. NuClass objects are used in the Nu language to manipulate and extend Objective-C classes.

Methods

+ all
+ classWithName:
+ classWithClass:
- registerClass
- setRegistered:
- isRegistered
- addInstanceVariable:signature:
- addClassMethod:signature:body:
- addInstanceMethod:signature:body:
- setSuperclass:
- isEqual:
- instanceMethodWithName:
- classMethodWithName:
- compare:
- isDerivedFromClass:
- instanceMethodNames
- classMethodNames
- instanceMethods
- classMethods
- name
- wrappedClass
- initWithClassNamed:
- initWithClass:

Get an array of all classes known to the Objective-C runtime. Beware, some of these classes may be deprecated, undocumented, or otherwise unsafe to use.

(NSString *) string

Create a class wrapper for the named Objective-C class.

classWithClass:

Create a class wrapper for the specified class (used from Objective-C).

-	(id)	addInstanceVariable:	(NSString *) variableName
	signature:		(NSString *) signature

Add an instance variable to the receiving class. This will cause problems if there are already instances of the receiving class.

-	(id)	addClassMethod:	(NSString *) methodName
	signature:		(NSString *) signature
	body:		(NuBlock *) block

Add a class method to a class with the specified name, type signature, and body.

-	(id)	addInstanceMethod:	(NSString *) methodName
	signature:		(NSString *) signature
	body:		(NuBlock *) block

Add an instance method to a class with the specified name, type signature, and body.

(NuClass *) newSuperclass

Change the superclass of a class. Be careful with this.

(NuClass *) anotherClass

Compare two classes for equality.

instanceMethodWithName:

(NSString *) methodName

Get an instance method by name.

classMethodWithName:

(NSString *) methodName

Get a class method by name.

(NSComparisonResult)

(NuClass *) anotherClass

Compare a class with another class by name. This allows arrays of classes to be easily sorted.

isDerivedFromClass:

Determine whether a class is derived from another class.

instanceMethodNames

Get an array containing the names of the instance methods of a class.

classMethodNames

Get an array containing the names of the class methods of a class.

instanceMethods

Get an array containing NuMethod representations of the instance methods of a class.

Get an array containing NuMethod representations of the class methods of a class.

Get the name of a class.

Get the class corresponding to the NuClass wrapper (used from Objective-C).

initWithClassNamed:

(NSString *) name

Initialize a class wrapper for the named Objective-C class.

Initialize a class wrapper for the specified class (used from Objective-C).