OPENSTEP Object-Oriented Programming and the Objective-C Language

• 0 - Introduction
  • The Development Environment
  • How the Manual is Orgnaized
  • Conventions
• 1 - Object-Oriented Programming
  • Interface and Implementation
  • The Object Model
    • Terminology
  • The Messaging Metaphor
  • Classes
    • Modularity
    • Access To Methods
    • Reusability
  • Mechanisms of Abstraction
    • Encapsulation
    • Polymorphism
    • Overloading
  • Inheritance
    • Class Hierarchies
    • Subclass Definitions
    • Uses of Inheritance
  • Dynamism
    • Dynamic Typing
    • Dynamic Binding
    • Late Binding
    • Dynamic Loading
    • Loading and Linking
  • Structuring Programs
  • Outlet Connections
    • Extrinsic and Intrinsic Connections
    • Activating the Object Network
  • Aggregation and Decomposition
  • Models and Frameworks
  • Structuring the Programming Task
  • Collaboration
    • Designing on a Large Scale
    • Separating the Interface from the Implementation
    • Modularizing the Work
    • Keeping the Interface Simple
    • Making Decisions Dynamically
    • Inheriting Generic Code
    • Reusing Tested Code
• 2 - The Objective-C Language
  • Objects
  • ID
  • Dynamic Typing
  • Messages
  • Polymorphism
  • Dynamic Binding
  • Classes
  • Inheritance
    • The NSObject Class
    • Inheriting Instance Variables
    • Inheriting Methods
    • Overriding One Method with Another
    • Abstract Classes
  • Class Types
    • Static Typing
    • Type Introspection
  • Class Objects
    • Creating Instances
    • Customization with Class Objects
    • Variables and Class Objects
    • Initializing a Class Object
    • Methods of the Root Class
  • Class Names in Source Code
  • Defining a Class
  • The Interface
    • Importing the Interface
    • Referring to Other Classes
    • The Role of the Interface
  • The Implementation
    • Referring to Instance Variables
    • The Scope of Instance Variables
  • How Messaging Works
  • Selectors
    • Methods and Selectors
    • Method Return and Argument Types
    • Varying the Message at Run Time
    • The Target-Action Paradigm
    • Avoiding Messaging Errors
  • Hidden Arguments
  • Messages to Self and Super
    • An Example
    • Using super
    • Redefining self
• 3 - The Objective-C Extensions
  • Categories
  • Adding to a Class
  • How Catergories are used
  • Categories of the Root Class
  • Protocols
  • How Protocols are used
    • Methods for Others to Implement
    • Anonymous Objects
    • Non-hierarchical Similarities
  • Informal Protocols
  • Formal Pprotocols
    • Protocol Objects
    • Conforming to a Protocol
    • Type Checking
    • Protocols within Protocols
    • Referring to Other Protocols
  • Remote Messaging
  • Distributed Objects
  • Language Support
    • Synchronous and Asynchronous Messages
    • Pointer Arguments
    • Proxies and Copies
  • Static Options
  • Static Typing
    • Type Checking
    • Return and Argument Types
    • Static Typing to an Inherited Class
  • Getting a Method Address
  • Getting an Object Data Structure
  • Type Encoding
• 4 - The Run-Time System
  • Allocation and Initialization
  • Allocating Memory for Objects
    • Zones
    • Allocating from a Zone
  • Initializing new Objects
    • The Returned Object
    • Arguments
    • Coordinating Classes
    • The Designated Initializer
  • Combinig Allocation and Initialization
  • Deallocation
  • Forwarding
  • Forwarding and Multiple Inheritance
  • Surrogate Objects
  • Making Forwarding Transparent
  • Dynamic Loading
• A - The Objective-C Language Summary
  • Messages
  • Defined Types
  • Preprocessor Directives
  • Compiler Directives
  • Classes
  • Catergories
  • Formal Protocols
  • Method Declarations
  • Method Implementations
  • Naming Conventions
• B - Reference Manual for the Objective-C Language
  • Undefined Symbols
  • External Declarations
  • Type Specifiers
  • Type Qualifiers
  • Primary Expressions