libobjc/objc/Object.h

   1 /* Interface for the Object class for Objective-C.
   2    Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3
   4 This file is part of GCC.
   5
   6 GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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   9 later version.
  10
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  15
  16 Under Section 7 of GPL version 3, you are granted additional
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  22 see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
  23 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
  24
  25
  26 #ifndef __object_INCLUDE_GNU
  27 #define __object_INCLUDE_GNU
  28
  29 #include "objc.h"
  30
  31 #ifdef __cplusplus
  32 extern "C" {
  33 #endif
  34
  35 /* The Object class is a very minimal root class included with the
  36    runtime.  It is used as superclass for the two classes included
  37    with the runtime, Protocol and NXConstantString.
  38
  39    Because Objective-C allows multiple root classes, you can define
  40    your own root class, different from Object.
  41
  42    In particular, a Foundation library (such as GNUstep Base) is
  43    expected to provide its own root class (typically called NSObject),
  44    fully integrated with the library's own high-level features.  It is
  45    expected that you should always use and interact with NSObject, and
  46    mostly ignore Object.  */
  47
  48 /* All classes are derived from Object.  As such, this is the overhead
  49    tacked onto those objects.  */
  50 @interface Object
  51 {
  52   Class isa; /* A pointer to the instance's class structure.  */
  53 }
  54 - (Class)class;
  55 - (BOOL)isEqual: (id)anObject;
  56 @end
  57
  58 #ifdef __cplusplus
  59 }
  60 #endif
  61
  62 #endif