关于KVC与KVO的理解应用

Key-Value Coding (KVC)

KVC，即是指 NSKeyValueCoding，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。

一个例子：

@interface Person：NSObject

{

NSString *name;

NSString *address;

}

Person类拥有两个私有属性，我们不能从外部赋值、修改其属性

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。

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"];     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。

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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