objective-cmemory-managementnsproxy

Can I autorelease an instance of NSProxy?

Does NSProxy really implement -autorelease and -release? If not, do I need to manually dealloc NSProxy instances? (Please assume that I am not using GC).

Thanks for clearing this up for me.

Solution

  • Yes, it implements them. NSProxy conforms to the NSObject protocol, which includes retain, release, and autorelease. NSObject is not just a class, it's also a protocol.

    @interface NSProxy <NSObject>

    and in the NSObject protocol definition:

    - (id)retain;
- (oneway void)release;
- (id)autorelease;