reference counts and stringsThe spatial allocation of constant strings in memory is different from other objects, they do not have a reference counting mechanismall custom objects have a reference counting mechanism;objects within OC are divided into mutable objects (nsmutablestring, etc.) and immutable objects (NSString, Nsarray, etc.).immutable objects do not apply to the mechanism of reference counting, and variable objects apply a reference counting mechanism.
1 // main.m
2 // 03-unmutableobject
3 //
4 // Created by ma c on 15/8/13.
5 // Copyright (c) 2015 bjsxt. All rights reserved.
6 //
7
8 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
9
10 int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
11 {
12 @autoreleasepool
13 {
14 // immutable object does not apply to reference counting
15 //1. Create 3 objects
16 NSString *str1 = @"hello world";//immutable object
17
18 NSString *str2 = [NSString stringWithString:@"how arer you"];//immutable object
19
20 NSMutableString *str3 = [NSMutableString stringWithString:@"I am fine"];//Variable object
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22 NSLog(@"str1 = %lu,str2 = %lu,str3 = %lu",[str1 retainCount],[str2 retainCount],[str3 retainCount]);
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25 //2. Add 3 objects to the mutable array
26 NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray array];
27 [array addObject:str1];
28 [array addObject:str2];
29 [array addObject:str3];
30 NSLog(@"str1 = %lu,str2 = %lu,str3 = %lu",[str1 retainCount],[str2 retainCount],[str3 retainCount]);
31
32
33 //3. Retaining 3 objects
34 [str1 retain];
35 [str2 retain];
36 [str3 retain];
37 NSLog(@"str1 = %lu,str2 = %lu,str3 = %lu",[str1 retainCount],[str2 retainCount],[str3 retainCount]);
38
39 //4. Remove 3 objects from the array
40 [array removeObject:str1];
41 [array removeObject:str2];
42 [array removeObject:str3];
43 NSLog(@"str1 = %lu,str2 = %lu,str3 = %lu",[str1 retainCount],[str2 retainCount],[str3 retainCount]);
44
45 //5. Release operation on the object --- corresponding to the above retain operation
46 [str1 release];
47 [str2 release];
48 [str3 release];
49 NSLog(@"str1 = %lu,str2 = %lu,str3 = %lu",[str1 retainCount],[str2 retainCount],[str3 retainCount]);
50
51
52 //6. Release the object - corresponding to the above object creation operation (to avoid memory leaks)
53 [str1 release];
54 [str2 release];
55 [str3 release];
56 }
57 return 0;
58 }
The test results are:
2015-08-13 17:41:26.569 03-unmutableobject[1622:105614] str1 = 18446744073709551615,str2 = 18446744073709551615,str3 = 1
2015-08-13 17:41:26.570 03-unmutableobject[1622:105614] str1 = 18446744073709551615,str2 = 18446744073709551615,str3 = 2
2015-08-13 17:41:26.571 03-unmutableobject[1622:105614] str1 = 18446744073709551615,str2 = 18446744073709551615,str3 = 3
2015-08-13 17:41:26.571 03-unmutableobject[1622:105614] str1 = 18446744073709551615,str2 = 18446744073709551615,str3 = 2
2015-08-13 17:41:26.571 03-unmutableobject[1622:105614] str1 = 18446744073709551615,str2 = 18446744073709551615,str3 = 1
Program ended with exit code: 0
Note: It is obvious that nsstring is not applicable to the reference counting mechanism.
OBJECTIVE-C:MRC (reference counter) variable objects within OC are applicable, immutable objects are not applicable (e.g. NSString, nsarray, etc.)