iOS -- KVC和KVO区别与简单理解

KVC 与 KVO 是 Objective C 的关键概念，个人认为必须理解的东西，下面是实例讲解。

Key-Value Coding (KVC)

KVC，即是指 NSKeyValueCoding（键值编码），一个非正式的 Protocol，提供一种机制来间接访问对象的属性。KVO 就是基于 KVC 实现的关键技术之一。

一个对象拥有某些属性。比如说，一个 Person 对象有一个 name 和一个 address 属性。以 KVC 说法，Person 对象分别有一个 value 对应他的 name 和 address 的 key。 key 只是一个字符串，它对应的值可以是任意类型的对象。从最基础的层次上看，KVC 有两个方法：一个是设置 key 的值，另一个是获取 key 的值。如下面的例子：

void changeName(Person *p, NSString *newName){// using the KVC accessor (getter) method      NSString *originalName = [p valueForKey:@"name"];// using the KVC accessor (setter) method.      [p setValue:newName forKey:@"name"];       NSLog(@"Changed %@'s name to: %@", originalName, newName);}

现在，如果 Person 有另外一个 key 配偶（spouse），spouse 的 key 值是另一个 Person 对象，用 KVC 可以这样写：

void logMarriage(Person *p){// just using the accessor again, same as example above      NSString *personsName = [p valueForKey:@"name"];// this line is different, because it is using// a "key path" instead of a normal "key"   NSString *spousesName = [p valueForKeyPath:@"spouse.name"];//使用keypath 获取对象的属性值NSLog(@"%@ is happily married to %@", personsName, spousesName);}

key 与 key pat 要区分开来，key 可以从一个对象中获取值，而 key path 可以将多个 key 用点号 “.” 分割连接起来，

比如：

[p valueForKeyPath:@"spouse.name"];

相当于这样……
[[p valueForKey:@"spouse"] valueForKey:@"name"];

好了，以上是 KVC 的基本知识，接着看看 KVO。

Key-Value Observing (KVO)

Key-Value Observing (KVO) 建立在 KVC 之上，它能够观察一个对象的 KVC key path 值的变化。举个例子，用代码观察一个 person 对象的 address 变化，以下是实现的三个方法：

watchPersonForChangeOfAddress: 实现观察
observeValueForKeyPath:ofObject:change:context: 在被观察的 key path 的值变化时调用。
dealloc 停止观察

static NSString *const KVO_CONTEXT_ADDRESS_CHANGED = @"KVO_CONTEXT_ADDRESS_CHANGED" @implementation PersonWatcher -(void) watchPersonForChangeOfAddress:(Person *)p{     // this begins the observing    [p addObserver:self        forKeyPath:@"address"           options:0           context:KVO_CONTEXT_ADDRESS_CHANGED];     // keep a record of all the people being observed,    // because we need to stop observing them in dealloc    [m_observedPeople addObject:p];} // whenever an observed key path changes, this method will be called- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath                      ofObject:(id)object                        change:(NSDictionary *)change                       context:(void *)context {    // use the context to make sure this is a change in the address,    // because we may also be observing other things    if(context == KVO_CONTEXT_ADDRESS_CHANGED) {        NSString *name = [object valueForKey:@"name"];        NSString *address = [object valueForKey:@"address"];        NSLog(@"%@ has a new address: %@", name, address);    }} -(void) dealloc;{     // must stop observing everything before this object is    // deallocated, otherwise it will cause crashes    for(Person *p in m_observedPeople){        [p removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"address"];    }     [m_observedPeople release];    m_observedPeople = nil;     [super dealloc]; } -(id) init;{    if(self = [super init]){        m_observedPeople = [NSMutableArray new];    }     return self;} @end