isa指针的实现是相当于调用方法:object_getClass(id )
[object class]的实现相当于调用方法:objc_getClass(const char * _Nonnull name)
这两个方法的区别可以通过下面两个例子来展示:
Son *sonObject = [Son new];
Class currentClass = [sonObject class];
const char *className = object_getClassName(currentClass);
/*
sonObject->(class)Son->(isa)MetaClassOfSon->(isa)MetaClassOfNSObject->(isa)MetaClassOfNSObject
*/
for (int i=0; i<4; i++) {
NSLog(@"class:%p-----className:%s-------superClass:%@\n",currentClass,className,[currentClass superclass]);
currentClass = object_getClass(currentClass);
className = object_getClassName(currentClass);
}
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打印结果:
从中可以看到最后两次打印的currentClass地址相同,说明最后MetaClassOfNSObject的isa指针最终指向了本身。
Son *sonObject = [Son new];
Class currentClass = [sonObject class];
const char *className = object_getClassName(currentClass);
for (int i=0; i<4; i++) {
NSLog(@"class:%p-----className:%s-------superClass:%@\n",currentClass,className,[currentClass superclass]);
currentClass = objc_getClass([NSStringFromClass(currentClass) UTF8String]);
className = object_getClassName(currentClass);
}
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打印结果:
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