You will want to declare a delegate protocol for your class. An example of a delegate protocol and interface for class Foo
might look like this:
- @class Foo;
- @protocol FooDelegate <NSObject>
- @optional
- - (BOOL)foo:(Foo *)foo willDoSomethingAnimated:(BOOL)flag;
- - (void)foo:(Foo *)foo didDoSomethingAnimated:(BOOL)flag;
- @end
- @interface Foo : NSObject {
- NSString *bar;
- id <FooDelegate> delegate;
- }
- @property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *bar;
- @property (nonatomic, assign) id <FooDelegate> delegate;
- - (void)someAction;
- @end
Don't forget to synthesize your properties in the @implementation
.
What this code did was declare a protocol called FooDelegate; a class that conforms to this protocol would be declared like @interface SomeClass : SuperClass <FooDelegate> {}
. Because this class conforms to the protocol FooDelegate
, it now gets to implement the methods underFooDelegate
(to require that these be implemented, use @required
instead of @optional
). The last step is for a Foo
object to be instantiated in the class that conforms to FooDelegate
, and for thisFoo
object to have its delegate property set:
- Foo *obj = [[Foo alloc] init];
- [obj setDelegate:self];
Now, your class is prepared to receive messages from Foo
objects that have their delegates set correctly.