load()

Declaration

class func load()

Discussion

The load() message is sent to classes and categories that are both dynamically loaded and statically linked, but only if the newly loaded class or category implements a method that can respond.

The order of initialization is as follows:

1. All initializers in any framework you link to.

2. All +load methods in your image.

3. All C++ static initializers and C/C++ __attribute__(constructor) functions in your image.

4. All initializers in frameworks that link to you.

In addition:

• A class’s +load method is called after all of its superclasses’ +load methods.

• A category +load method is called after the class’s own +load method.

In a custom implementation of load() you can therefore safely message other unrelated classes from the same image, but any load() methods implemented by those classes may not have run yet.

See Also

Initializing a Class

• initialize()