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maranas
maranas

Reputation: 1416

argument types of undocumented Objective-C methods in Instruments (OSX)

Is there a way to determine the argument types of Objective-C methods traced by Instruments? I created a custom DTrace Instrument that just lists all Objective-C calls in a class. I am trying to swizzle one of the methods, but only the method name is listed.

Is there a way to determine the argument types? Or as an alternative, a way to swizzle the methods without knowing the argument types?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 269

Answers (2)

Ken Aspeslagh
Ken Aspeslagh

Reputation: 11594

If you use classdump, then you can see C data types in the method definitions. This should be sufficient for swizzling. Once you have the routines swizzled, you can print a description of objective-C types using NSLog.

http://www.codethecode.com/projects/class-dump/

Upvotes: 2

codewarrior
codewarrior

Reputation: 2030

Use the debugger and set a breakpoint on the method you're interested in. If the arguments are object types, you can use print-object to find out what class they are. On x86, arguments are generally passed on the stack. On PPC, you'll find the arguments in register r3-r11.

Upvotes: 0

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