objc-class ( string -- class )

Vocabulary

cocoa.messages

Inputs

string

a string

Outputs

class

an alien

Word description

Outputs the Objective C class named by string. This class can then be used as the receiver in message sends calling class methods, for example:

NSMutableArray -> alloc

Errors

Throws an error if there is no class named by string.

Definition

USING: cocoa.runtime ;

IN: cocoa.messages

: objc-class ( string -- class ) \ objc_getClass (objc-class) ;