<SCCollectioning> Protocol Reference

Collections communications protocol. More...

#import <SCCollectioning.h>

Inheritance diagram for <SCCollectioning>:

Collection Support
(id< SCCollectioning >)	- copyObject
(SCComparisonResult)	- compareWithObject:
(NSString *)	- className

Detailed Description

Collections communications protocol.

Since

version 1.1.3

Declares methods for communicate between class instances and collections of any supported type. Defined by the protocol methods support such internal collection operations as a copying and comparing objects within the collections.

Method Documentation

- (NSString *) className

Returns the receiving instance class name.

Returns

Class name

Reimplemented in SCObject.

- (SCComparisonResult) compareWithObject:

(id< SCCollectioning >)

object

Returns the result of comparison the receiving instance with the specified instance.

Parameters

object

- second instance for comparison

Returns

Comparison result:

• SCComparisonEqual - instances are equal
• SCComparisonLess - the receiving instance is less than the specified instance
• SCComparisonGreater - the receiving instance is freater than the specified instance
• SCComparisonNotAllowed - instances cannot be compared

Reimplemented in NSString(SCString), NSOrderedSet(SCNSOrderedSet), NSArray(SCNSArray), NSDictionary(SCNSDictionary), NSSet(SCNSSet), NSNull(SCNull), NSDate(SCDate), NSNumber(SCNumber), and SCObject.

- (id<SCCollectioning>) copyObject

Returns the copy of the receiving instance.

Returns

Receiving instance copy

Reimplemented in NSString(SCString), NSOrderedSet(SCNSOrderedSet), NSArray(SCNSArray), NSDictionary(SCNSDictionary), NSSet(SCNSSet), NSNull(SCNull), NSDate(SCDate), NSNumber(SCNumber), and SCObject.

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The documentation for this protocol was generated from the following file:

• SCCollectioning.h