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今天讲下Objective-C的类存在多个初始化的方法时，互相调用以及调用父类的初始化方法的情况。

The Designated Initializer is the Primary Initialization Method

If an object declares one or more initialization methods, you should decide which method is the designated initializer. This is often the method that offers the most options for initialization (such as the method with the most arguments), and is called by other methods you write for convenience. You should also typically override init to call your designated initializer with suitable default values.

If an XYZPerson also had a property for a date of birth, the designated initializer might be:

- (id)initWithFirstName:(NSString *)aFirstName lastName:(NSString *)aLastName
                                            dateOfBirth:(NSDate *)aDOB;

This method would set the relevant instance variables, as shown above. If you still wished to provide a convenience initializer for just first and last names, you would implement the method to call the designated initializer, like this:

- (id)initWithFirstName:(NSString *)aFirstName lastName:(NSString *)aLastName {
    return [self initWithFirstName:aFirstName lastName:aLastName dateOfBirth:nil];
}

You might also implement a standard init method to provide suitable defaults:

- (id)init {
    return [self initWithFirstName:@"John" lastName:@"Doe" dateOfBirth:nil];
}

If you need to write an initialization method when subclassing a class that uses multiple init methods, you should either override the superclass’s designated initializer to perform your own initialization, or add your own additional initializer. Either way, you should call the superclass’s designated initializer (in place of [super init];) before doing any of your own initialization.