objc_msgSend method_getTypeEncoding 与 @encode

struct objc_method {

SEL _Nonnull method_name                                 OBJC2_UNAVAILABLE;

char * _Nullable method_types                            OBJC2_UNAVAILABLE;

IMP _Nonnull method_imp                                  OBJC2_UNAVAILABLE;

}

@encode:

将数据类型编码成char＊（字符串）形式

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjCRuntimeGuide/ObjCRuntimeGuide.pdf

To assist the runtime system, the compiler encodes the return and argument types for each method in a character string and associates the string with the method selector. The coding scheme it uses is also useful in other contexts and so is made publicly available with the @encode() compiler directive. When given a type specification, @encode() returns a string encoding that type. The type can be a basic type such as an int, a pointer, a tagged structure or union, or a class name—any type, in fact, that can be used as an argument to the C sizeof() operator.

method_getTypeEncoding

使用@encode将消息编码成字符串形式。

编码的格式按照

id objc_msgSend(id self, SEL op, ...)

参量的顺序进行布局。

-(void)log:(SEL)sel

{

Method xxx = class_getInstanceMethod(self.class, sel);

char *ret = method_getTypeEncoding(xxx);

NSLog(@"sel:%s, %s", sel, ret);

}

举例：

-(void)hello

v16@0:8

-(id)hello:(id)x

@24@0:8@16

-(void)hello:(id)x :(id)e

v32@0:8@16@24

解读：

按照文档上的说明，和objc_msgSend的参量顺序

A void v

A method selector (SEL)  ：

An object (whether statically typed or typed id) @

进行拆解解读

v16（返回类型为空） @0（receiver id类型） :8（SEL标示）

v32（返回类型为空） @0（receiver id类型） :8（SEL标示）@16（参量 id类型）@24（参量 id类型）