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iOS/Mac OS Foundation class inheritance graphical representation - are there any examples anywhere in the Apple docs?

Alex Zavatone
 

Something like this from 2012.

https://finalize.com/2012/12/14/uikit-class-hierarchy-chart/

It appears to be gone now.

On Dec 4, 2017, at 10:23 AM, Alex Zavatone <zav@...> wrote:

While we see in the docs for the classes we are looking at that “this class inherits from this other class”, we don’t see the whole inheritance chain.

Sometimes, that’s useful. Once we have a model of the whole inheritance chain in our heads, the whole architecture of the framework that the class we are looking at is in becomes second nature.

In the past, I’ve seen these inheritance graphs for other languages, but I’l be damned if I can find one for the iOS frameworks. Does anyone know if this resource is available anywhere in the Apple docs or elsewhere?

Thanks in advance.

Alex Zavatone
Alex Zavatone
 

While we see in the docs for the classes we are looking at that “this class inherits from this other class”, we don’t see the whole inheritance chain.

Sometimes, that’s useful. Once we have a model of the whole inheritance chain in our heads, the whole architecture of the framework that the class we are looking at is in becomes second nature.

In the past, I’ve seen these inheritance graphs for other languages, but I’l be damned if I can find one for the iOS frameworks. Does anyone know if this resource is available anywhere in the Apple docs or elsewhere?

Thanks in advance.

Alex Zavatone

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