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Colas
Colas

Reputation: 3573

Is it possible to overwrite a category method in a category of the subclass?

I know that one should not overide a method in a category.

I wonder if the following is possible. Experts in Objective-C are welcomed to answer!

  1. I have two parent/child classes : Class : ParentClass

  2. For each class, I have a category : ParentClass(Category) and Class(Category)

  3. In each of these category, I have a method -(void)additionalMethod. The methods have the same name and are defined in the category (they don't exist in the classes)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 489

Answers (1)

Martin R
Martin R

Reputation: 539745

From "Customizing Existing Classes" in the "Programming with Objective-C" guide:

At runtime, there’s no difference between a method added by a category and one that is implemented by the original class.

So the answer to your question is YES. There is no difference between overriding a method in the subclass itself or in a category of the subclass. It makes also no difference if the overridden method is implemented in the base class itself or in a category of the base class.

The only thing you cannot do is to use a category to override a method of the same class or of another category of the class.

Upvotes: 3

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