translating Ecmascript (Java,javascript,Actionscript) knowledge to Objective C

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Newcomer to Objective C and trying to translate concepts and sytax I know from ecmascript based languages to Objective C.

Is it proper to think of the .h header file in ObjectiveC as an Interface in Actionscript?

Lets take the following code example in Objective C which calls a method containing 2 arguments

[myTextObject setString: @"Hello World" color: kWhiteColor];

In Actionscript(or javascript) would this be the same as calling 2 accessor methods on 'myTextObject'? ie

myTextObject.setString("Hello World")
myTextObject.color(kWhiteColor);

Do yourself a favour and get Stephen Kochan's superb Programming in Objective-C 2.0: amazon.com/Programming-Objective-C-Stephen-Kochan/dp/0672325861 — Rob Keniger
– Rob Keniger, Commented Apr 24, 2010 at 21:04
Also check out bit-101.com/blog/?p=1784. An AS3 to iPhone series of tutorials. — Allan
– Allan, Commented Apr 25, 2010 at 4:04
Thanks for the Stephen Kochan recommendation. have the Apress ObjC book...this would make a good complement. — Bachalo
– Bachalo, Commented Apr 26, 2010 at 1:15

Cristi Băluță · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-25 18:47:14Z

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I see it like a function with 2 arguments in actionscript because you not just set some values, you call a method and you use them both. Kind of: set (string, color);

answered Apr 25, 2010 at 18:47

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Sorig · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-24 15:24:58Z

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Yes, that would be the same. Actually objetive-c also supports the dot syntax in some situations.

[myTextObject setString:@"Hello World"];

is the same as

myTextObject.string = @"hello world";

(objective-c automatically calls the setString method, when you write myTextObject.string = @"something")

edited Apr 24, 2010 at 15:24

answered Apr 24, 2010 at 14:26

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