meta class调试

meta class调试

meta class是一个类对象的类，当向对象发消息，runtime会在这个对象所属类方法列表中查找发送消息对应的方法，但当向类发送消息时，runtime就会在这个类的meta class方法列表里查找。所有的meta class，包括Root class，Superclass，Subclass的isa都指向Root class的meta class，这样能够形成一个闭环。

#import "ViewController.h"
#import <objc/runtime.h>

@interface ViewController ()
@end
@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    Class newClass = objc_allocateClassPair([NSError class], "TestClass", 0);
    class_addMethod(newClass, @selector(testMetaClass), (IMP)TestMetaClass, 0);
    objc_registerClassPair(newClass);
    
    id instance = [[newClass alloc] initWithDomain:@"some domain" code:0 userInfo:nil];
    [instance performSelector:@selector(testMetaClass)];
}

void TestMetaClass(id self, SEL _cmd) {
    NSLog(@"this object is %p", self);
    NSLog(@"class is %@, super class is %@", [self class], [self superclass]);
    
    Class currentClass = [self class];
    for (int i=0;i<4;i++) {
        NSLog(@"following the isa pointer %d times gives %p", i, currentClass);
        currentClass = objc_getClass((__bridge void *)currentClass);
    }
    NSLog(@"NSObject's class is %p", [NSObject class]);
    NSLog(@"NSObject's meta class is %p", objc_getClass((__bridge void *)[NSObject class]));
}

@end

output:

2022-02-16 23:07:34.716644+0800 Test[56486:10997490] this object is 0x2807ab7b0
2022-02-16 23:07:34.716703+0800 Test[56486:10997490] class is TestClass, super class is NSError
2022-02-16 23:07:34.716726+0800 Test[56486:10997490] following the isa pointer 0 times gives 0x2807ab660
2022-02-16 23:07:34.716746+0800 Test[56486:10997490] following the isa pointer 1 times gives 0x0
2022-02-16 23:07:34.716764+0800 Test[56486:10997490] following the isa pointer 2 times gives 0x0
2022-02-16 23:07:34.716782+0800 Test[56486:10997490] following the isa pointer 3 times gives 0x0
2022-02-16 23:07:34.716799+0800 Test[56486:10997490] NSObject's class is 0x1db49de08
2022-02-16 23:07:34.716821+0800 Test[56486:10997490] NSObject's meta class is 0x0