Objective-C runtime

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Objective-C technology runtime system software library

Objective-C runtime is the dynamic library and infrastructure that enables Objective-C’s message passing, dynamic typing, and introspection features at program execution time.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Objective-C runtime canonical 7
objc_getAssociatedObject 1
objc_msgSend 1

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Objective-C technology ⓘ
runtime system ⓘ
software library ⓘ
developedBy Apple Inc. ⓘ
enablesFeature Key-Value Coding ⓘ
Key-Value Observing ⓘ
associated objects ⓘ
categories ⓘ
dynamic dispatch ⓘ
dynamic method resolution ⓘ
dynamic typing ⓘ
introspection ⓘ
message passing ⓘ
method swizzling ⓘ
exposedViaHeader <objc/message.h> ⓘ
<objc/runtime.h> ⓘ
hasDocumentation Apple Developer Documentation ⓘ
implementedInLanguage C ⓘ
implementsConcept category ⓘ
class cluster ⓘ
isa pointer ⓘ
message send ⓘ
metaclass ⓘ
protocol ⓘ
selectors ⓘ
license proprietary ⓘ
providesAPI class_addMethod ⓘ
class_copyIvarList ⓘ
class_copyMethodList ⓘ
class_copyPropertyList ⓘ
class_getInstanceMethod ⓘ
class_getName ⓘ
class_replaceMethod ⓘ
method_exchangeImplementations ⓘ
objc_allocateClassPair ⓘ
objc_copyClassList ⓘ
Objective-C runtime self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: objc_getAssociatedObject

objc_getClass ⓘ
Objective-C runtime self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: objc_msgSend

objc_registerClassPair ⓘ
objc_removeAssociatedObjects ⓘ
Objective-C runtime self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: objc_setAssociatedObject

objc_setEnumerationMutationHandler ⓘ
objc_setExceptionPreprocessor ⓘ
objc_setForwardHandler ⓘ
object_getClass ⓘ
object_setClass ⓘ
protocol_getName ⓘ
sel_getName ⓘ
sel_registerName ⓘ
relatedTo Smalltalk ⓘ
surface form: Smalltalk message passing model

Swift ⓘ
surface form: Swift runtime
supportsFeature automatic reference counting ⓘ
garbage collection (legacy on macOS) ⓘ
weak references ⓘ
supportsIntrospectionOf classes ⓘ
instance variables ⓘ
methods ⓘ
properties ⓘ
protocols ⓘ
supportsPlatform iOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
tvOS ⓘ
watchOS ⓘ
usedBy macOS Cocoa ⓘ
surface form: AppKit framework

Cocoa ⓘ
Cocoa Touch ⓘ
Foundation framework ⓘ
UIKit ⓘ
surface form: UIKit framework
usedFor bridging with Swift ⓘ
dynamic class creation ⓘ
method interception ⓘ
runtime reflection ⓘ
usedWith Objective-C ⓘ
surface form: Objective-C programming language

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Objective-C → hasRuntime → Objective-C runtime ⓘ
macOS Cocoa → usesRuntime → Objective-C runtime ⓘ
NeXTSTEP → includesFramework → Objective-C runtime ⓘ
Objective-C++ → requires → Objective-C runtime ⓘ
GNUStep Objective-C runtime extensions → implements → Objective-C runtime ⓘ
Objective-C runtime → providesAPI → Objective-C runtime self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: objc_msgSend
Objective-C runtime → providesAPI → Objective-C runtime self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: objc_getAssociatedObject
Objective-C runtime → providesAPI → Objective-C runtime self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: objc_setAssociatedObject
NSCoder → languageBinding → Objective-C runtime ⓘ
NSAutoreleasePool → scope → Objective-C runtime ⓘ