关于runtime的objc_getClass和object_getclass

objc_getClass参数是类名的字符串，返回的就是这个类的类对象；object_getClass参数是id类型，它返回的是这个id的isa指针所指向的Class，如果传参是Class，则返回该Class的metaClass。

    Class currentClass = [self class];
    const char *a = object_getClassName(currentClass);
    for (int i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
        NSLog(@"Following the isa pointer %d times gives %p---%s", i, currentClass,a);
        currentClass = object_getClass(currentClass);
        a = object_getClassName(currentClass);
    }

上面一段代码输出的是：
Following the isa pointer 1 times gives 0x7fe273f0a880—DBTestView
Following the isa pointer 2 times gives 0x7fe273f0a8b0—NSObject
Following the isa pointer 3 times gives 0x100eaa198—NSObject
Following the isa pointer 4 times gives 0x100eaa198—NSObject，
由此我们可以看到，object_getClass返回的其实是class的metaClass，即Class这个类对象的类，这个概念有点绕。梳理一下：DBTestView这么一个类(0x7fe273f0a880)，它的isa指针指向其元类(地址0x7fe273f0a8b0)，这个元类的isa指针指向基类NSObject的元类，即根元类(0x100eaa198)，再递进一层可以发现，根元类的isa指针指向自己，这样就形成了一个完整的闭环。

换一套实现：

    Class currentClass = [self class];
    const char *a = object_getClassName(currentClass);
    for (int i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
        NSLog(@"Following the isa pointer %d times gives %p---%s", i, currentClass,a);
        currentClass = objc_getClass([NSStringFromClass(currentClass)UTF8String]);
        a = object_getClassName(currentClass);
    }

输出为：
Following the isa pointer 1 times gives 0x7ff931e239a0—DBTestView
Following the isa pointer 2 times gives 0x7ff931e239a0—DBTestView
Following the isa pointer 3 times gives 0x7ff931e239a0—DBTestView
Following the isa pointer 4 times gives 0x7ff931e239a0—DBTestView
由此可知objc_getClass方法只是单纯地返回了Class，而非isa指针指向的Class。