ObjC.primitive-methods

Primitive Method

 "When it comes to subclassing, knowing which methods are ‘primitive’ methods is important.

The notion of primitive methods are those methods form the basis of the public interface/class.

The rest of the methods are just convenience methods built around them. When overriding a

class behavior with subclassing, just overriding those primitive are often enough." Ref[1]

 

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Reference

1. Learning Objective-C -– Primitive Methods

https://ktatsiu.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/tips-of-learning-cocoa-for-a-c-programmer/

2. What are the 'primitive' accessors for in Core Data?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7427373/what-are-the-primitive-accessors-for-in-core-data

3. Programming with Objective-C

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011210-CH1-SW1

4. A quick reference cheat sheet for common, high level topics in Objective-C  (AAAA+)

https://github.com/DiamondStudio/Objective-C-CheatSheet