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isMember(of:)

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver is an instance of a given class.

Declaration

func isMember(of aClass: AnyClass) -> Bool

Parameters

  • aClass:

    A class object representing the Objective-C class to be tested.

Return Value

YES if the receiver is an instance of aClass, otherwise NO.

Discussion

For example, in this code, isMember(of:) would return NO:

NSMutableData *myData = [NSMutableData dataWithCapacity:30];
id anArchiver = [[NSArchiver alloc] initForWritingWithMutableData:myData];
if ([anArchiver isMemberOfClass:[NSCoder class]])
    ...

Class objects may be compiler-created objects but they still support the concept of membership. Thus, you can use this method to verify that the receiver is a specific Class object.

See Also

Testing Object Inheritance, Behavior, and Conformance