retain

Declaration

virtual void retain() const;

Overview

This function increments the reference count of the receiver by 1. If you need to maintain a reference to an object outside the context in which you received it, you should always retain it immediately.

See Also

Miscellaneous

• free
• getRetainCount
• init
• operator delete
• operator new
• release()
• release(int)
• serialize
• taggedRelease(const void *)
• taggedRelease(const void *, const int)
• taggedRetain