Category又叫分类,类别,类目,做为Objective-C 2.0以后添加的语言特性,Category在现在的OC工程中随处可见,它能够在即便不知道源码的状况下为类添加方法,根据官方文档Category其主要做用有:html
注:Category 有一个很是容易误用的场景,那就是用 Category 来覆写父类或主类的方法。虽然目前 Objective-C 是容许这么作的,可是这种使用场景是很是不推荐的。使用 Category 来覆写方法有不少缺点,好比不能覆写 Category 中的方法、没法调用主类中的原始实现等,且很容易形成没法预估的行为。objective-c
在objc4-723中Category的定义以下:bash
struct category_t {
const char *name;
classref_t cls;
struct method_list_t *instanceMethods;
struct method_list_t *classMethods;
struct protocol_list_t *protocols;
struct property_list_t *instanceProperties;
// Fields below this point are not always present on disk.
struct property_list_t *_classProperties;
method_list_t *methodsForMeta(bool isMeta) {
if (isMeta) return classMethods;
else return instanceMethods;
}
property_list_t *propertiesForMeta(bool isMeta, struct header_info *hi);
};
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从Category的结构可见:app
对于OC运行时,在入口方法中:布局
void _objc_init(void)
{
static bool initialized = false;
if (initialized) return;
initialized = true;
// fixme defer initialization until an objc-using image is found?
environ_init();
tls_init();
static_init();
lock_init();
exception_init();
_dyld_objc_notify_register(&map_images, load_images, unmap_image);
}
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category被附加到类上面是在map_images的时候发生的,在new-ABI的标准下,_objc_init里面的调用的map_images最终会调用objc-runtime-new.mm里面的_read_images方法,而在_read_images方法的结尾,有如下的代码片断:ui
// Discover categories.
for (EACH_HEADER) {
category_t **catlist =
_getObjc2CategoryList(hi, &count);
bool hasClassProperties = hi->info()->hasCategoryClassProperties();
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
category_t *cat = catlist[i];
Class cls = remapClass(cat->cls);
if (!cls) {
// Category's target class is missing (probably weak-linked). // Disavow any knowledge of this category. catlist[i] = nil; if (PrintConnecting) { _objc_inform("CLASS: IGNORING category \?\?\?(%s) %p with " "missing weak-linked target class", cat->name, cat); } continue; } // Process this category. // First, register the category with its target class. // Then, rebuild the class's method lists (etc) if
// the class is realized.
bool classExists = NO;
if (cat->instanceMethods || cat->protocols
|| cat->instanceProperties)
{
addUnattachedCategoryForClass(cat, cls, hi);
if (cls->isRealized()) {
remethodizeClass(cls);
classExists = YES;
}
if (PrintConnecting) {
_objc_inform("CLASS: found category -%s(%s) %s",
cls->nameForLogging(), cat->name,
classExists ? "on existing class" : "");
}
}
if (cat->classMethods || cat->protocols
|| (hasClassProperties && cat->_classProperties))
{
addUnattachedCategoryForClass(cat, cls->ISA(), hi);
if (cls->ISA()->isRealized()) {
remethodizeClass(cls->ISA());
}
if (PrintConnecting) {
_objc_inform("CLASS: found category +%s(%s)",
cls->nameForLogging(), cat->name);
}
}
}
}
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这里作的就是:this
接着往里看,category的各类列表是怎么最终添加到类上的,就拿实例方法列表来讲吧: 在上述的代码片断里,addUnattachedCategoryForClass只是把类和category作一个关联映射,而remethodizeClass才是真正去处理添加事宜的功臣。spa
/***********************************************************************
* remethodizeClass
* Attach outstanding categories to an existing class.
* Fixes up cls's method list, protocol list, and property list. * Updates method caches for cls and its subclasses. * Locking: runtimeLock must be held by the caller **********************************************************************/ static void remethodizeClass(Class cls) { category_list *cats; bool isMeta; runtimeLock.assertWriting(); isMeta = cls->isMetaClass(); // Re-methodizing: check for more categories if ((cats = unattachedCategoriesForClass(cls, false/*not realizing*/))) { if (PrintConnecting) { _objc_inform("CLASS: attaching categories to class '%s' %s", cls->nameForLogging(), isMeta ? "(meta)" : ""); } attachCategories(cls, cats, true /*flush caches*/); free(cats); } } 复制代码
能够看到:在remethodizeClass内部核心方法是:attachCategories,它才是真正地添加方法ssr
// Attach method lists and properties and protocols from categories to a class.
// Assumes the categories in cats are all loaded and sorted by load order,
// oldest categories first.
static void
attachCategories(Class cls, category_list *cats, bool flush_caches)
{
if (!cats) return;
if (PrintReplacedMethods) printReplacements(cls, cats);
bool isMeta = cls->isMetaClass();
// fixme rearrange to remove these intermediate allocations
method_list_t **mlists = (method_list_t **)
malloc(cats->count * sizeof(*mlists));
property_list_t **proplists = (property_list_t **)
malloc(cats->count * sizeof(*proplists));
protocol_list_t **protolists = (protocol_list_t **)
malloc(cats->count * sizeof(*protolists));
// Count backwards through cats to get newest categories first
int mcount = 0;
int propcount = 0;
int protocount = 0;
int i = cats->count;
bool fromBundle = NO;
while (i--) {
auto& entry = cats->list[i];
method_list_t *mlist = entry.cat->methodsForMeta(isMeta);
if (mlist) {
mlists[mcount++] = mlist;
fromBundle |= entry.hi->isBundle();
}
property_list_t *proplist =
entry.cat->propertiesForMeta(isMeta, entry.hi);
if (proplist) {
proplists[propcount++] = proplist;
}
protocol_list_t *protolist = entry.cat->protocols;
if (protolist) {
protolists[protocount++] = protolist;
}
}
auto rw = cls->data();
prepareMethodLists(cls, mlists, mcount, NO, fromBundle);
rw->methods.attachLists(mlists, mcount);
free(mlists);
if (flush_caches && mcount > 0) flushCaches(cls);
rw->properties.attachLists(proplists, propcount);
free(proplists);
rw->protocols.attachLists(protolists, protocount);
free(protolists);
}
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须要注意的有两点:code
Extension
Category
由于在运行期,对象的内存布局已经肯定,若是添加实例变量会破坏类的内部布局,这对编译性语言是灾难性的。
更多资料:
Category
深刻理解Objective-C:Category
Objective-C Category 的实现原理
iOS Category详解