About @selector

A selector is the name used to select a method to execute for an object, or the unique identifier that replaces the name when the source code is compiled. A selector by itself doesn’t do anything. It simply identifies a method. The only thing that makes the selector method name different from a plain string is that the compiler makes sure that selectors are unique. What makes a selector useful is that (in conjunction with the runtime) it acts like a dynamic function pointer that, for a given name, automatically points to the implementation of a method appropriate for whichever class it’s used with. Suppose you had a selector for the method run, and classes Dog, Athlete, andComputerSimulation (each of which implemented a method run). The selector could be used with an instance of each of the classes to invoke its run method—even though the implementation might be different for each.

Getting a Selector

Compiled selectors are of type SEL. There are two common ways to get a selector:

• At compile time, you use the compiler directive @selector.

  SEL aSelector = @selector(methodName); // 没有冒号表示methodName没有参数

  注意：在声明selector的时候
  

  SEL aSelector = @selector(methodName:);	// 冒号表示methodName带有一个参数

  SEL aSelector = @selector(methodName:data:);	// 表示methodName带有两个参数

• At runtime, you use the NSSelectorFromString function, where the string is the name of the method:

  SEL aSelector = NSSelectorFromString(@"methodName");

  You use a selector created from a string when you want your code to send a message whose name you may not know until runtime.

Using a Selector

You can invoke a method using a selector with performSelector: and other similar methods.

SEL aSelector = @selector(run);

[aDog performSelector:aSelector];

[anAthlete performSelector:aSelector];

[aComputerSimulation performSelector:aSelector];

(You use this technique in special situations, such as when you implement an object that uses the target-action design pattern. Normally, you simply invoke the method directly.)

如何检测一个类中有没有某个selector

-respondsToSelector:
+instancesRespondToSelector:

例子：

@interface Parent : 
- (void)onUpdate;
@end

@interface Child : Parent 
@end

则

Child * childObj = [[Child alloc] init];
BOOL hasSelector = [childObj respondsToSelector : @selector(onUpdate)];
CCLOG(@"child has selector = %d", hasSelector);
        
BOOL hasInstanceSelector = [Child instancesRespondToSelector : @selector(onUpdate)];
CCLOG(@"child has instance selector = %d", hasInstanceSelector);
        
BOOL hasParentInstanceSelector = [Parent instancesRespondToSelector : @selector(onUpdate)];
CCLOG(@"parent has parent instance selector = %d", hasParentInstanceSelector);
结果为
child has selector = 1
child has instance selector = 1
parent has parent instance selector = 1