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NSCoder is an abstractClass which represents a stream of data. They are used in Archiving and Unarchivingobjects. NSCoder objects are usually used in a method that is being implemented so that the class conformsto the protocol. (which has something like encodeObject and decodeObject methods in them).

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The NSOperationQueue class regulates the execution of a set of NSOperation objects. An operation queue isgenerally used to perform some asynchronous operations on a background thread so as not to block the mainthread.

*Q:*Q: Explain the correct way to manage Outlets memory.A:

Create them as properties in the header that are retained. In the viewDidUnload set the outlets to nil(i.eself.outlet = nil). Finally in dealloc make sure to release the outlet.

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It will crash because it’s added twice to the autorelease pool and when it it dequeued the autorelease poolcalls release more than once.

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property NSString *title.A:

Well you would want to implement the getter and setter for the title object. Something like this: view sourceprint?

- (NSString*) title // Getter method

{

return title;

}

- (void) setTitle: (NSString*) newTitle //Setter method

{

if (newTitle != title)

{

[title release];

title = [newTitle retain]; // Or copy, depending on your needs.

}

}

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{

NSIncrementExtraRefCount(self);

return self;

}

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{

if(NSDecrementExtraRefCountWasZero(self))

{NSDeallocateObject(self);

}

}

-(id)autorelease

{ // Add the object to the autorelease pool

[NSAutoreleasePool addObject:self];

return self;

}

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*Q:*Q: What is the difference between retain & assign?

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Assign creates a reference from one object to another without increasing the source’s retain count.

if (_variable != object)

{

[_variable release];

_variable = nil;

_variable = object;

}

Retain creates a reference from one object to another and increases the retain count of the source object.

if (_variable != object)

{

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fyell • 15 days ago

I noticed a bug in your code when synthesizing your own getter. You should be returning [[title retain]autorelease] (I'm assuming you're synthesizing a property with a retain attribute since your setter isdoing a retain). Since the setter releases the object, you could possibly run into a situation like this:

NSString* myTitle = self.title;self.title = @"A Different Title";

NSLog(@"myTitle is %@", myTitle); //the line above will crash because the setter released the object myTitle was referencing

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horseshoe7 • 24 days ago

You should really update this article as many of the concepts are out of date. For example, askingquestions about pre-ARC. Plus, you also imply that your expert level questions are things that expertsneed to know. They're not that important.

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Bharat Dodeja • a month ago

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