在iOS6.0以及OS X10.8之后，Apple引入了一套非正式协议（informal protocol）与Objective-C语法直接绑定。当你实现了这其中的方法之后即可使用数组下标来访问属性元素。
在Foundation库中，NSArray类实现了- (id)objectAtIndexedSubscript:(NSUInteger)idx方法。因此，我们可以这么来访问数组元素：
NSArray *arr = @[@100, @200, @300];
NSNumber *num = arr[0];
上述arr[0]就相当于[arr objectAtIndex:0]。
而NSMutableArray在基于NSArray的基础上又实现了- (void)setObject:(id)anObject atIndexedSubscript:(NSUInteger)index方法。这样我们可以通过数组下标来读写相应元素，比如：
NSMutableArray *arr = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:@[@100, @200, @300]];
arr[2] = arr[0];
而NSDictionary类实现了- (id)objectForKeyedSubscript:(id)key方法。这样我们能以数组下标的形式来访问相应键的值。比如：
NSDictionary *dict = @{@"key" : @"value"};
NSString *value = dict[@"key"];
而NSMutableDictionary在NSDictionary类的基础上又实现了- (void)setObject:(id)object forKeyedSubscript:(id < NSCopying >)aKey方法。这样，我们能以数组下标的方式来读写相应键的值。比如：
NSMutableDictionary *dict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:@{@"key":"@Hello"}];
dict[dict[@"key"]] = @"world";
下面我们通过实现这四个方法，自己实现一个能同时使用这四种下标方式访问模式的类。
//
// main.m
// objCTest
//
// Created by Zenny Chen on 12-2-7.
// Copyright (c) 2014年 Neon Media Studio. All rights reserved.
//
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@interface MyContainer : NSObject
{
@private
NSMutableDictionary *mDict;
NSMutableArray *mArray;
}
- (void)setObject:(id)object forKeyedSubscript:(id < NSCopying >)aKey;
- (id)objectForKeyedSubscript:(id)key;
- (void)setObject:(id)anObject atIndexedSubscript:(NSUInteger)index;
- (id)objectAtIndexedSubscript:(NSUInteger)idx;
@end
@implementation MyContainer
- (instancetype)init
{
self = [super init];
mDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithDictionary:@{@"key1":@"value1", @"key2":@"value2"}];
mArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:@[@100, @200, @300, @400]];
return self;
}
- (void)dealloc
{
if(mDict != nil)
{
[mDict removeAllObjects];
[mDict release];
mDict = nil;
}
if(mArray != nil)
{
[mArray removeAllObjects];
[mArray release];
mArray = nil;
}
[super dealloc];
}
- (void)setObject:(id)object forKeyedSubscript:(id < NSCopying >)aKey
{
[mDict setObject:object forKey:aKey];
}
- (id)objectForKeyedSubscript:(id)key
{
return [mDict objectForKey:key];
}
- (void)setObject:(id)anObject atIndexedSubscript:(NSUInteger)index
{
const NSUInteger length = [mArray count];
if(index > length)
return;
if(index == length)
[mArray addObject:anObject];
else
[mArray replaceObjectAtIndex:index withObject:anObject];
}
- (id)objectAtIndexedSubscript:(NSUInteger)idx
{
if(idx >= [mArray count])
return nil;
return [mArray objectAtIndex:idx];
}
@end
int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
{
@autoreleasepool
{
// insert code here...
MyContainer *cont = [[MyContainer alloc] init];
cont[@"mykey"] = @"myvalye";
NSLog(@"key1 is: %@", cont[@"key1"]);
NSLog(@"key2 is: %@", cont[@"key2"]);
NSLog(@"mykey is: %@", cont[@"mykey"]);
cont[4] = @500;
cont[2] = @-300;
NSLog(@"The value[4] = %@", cont[4]);
NSLog(@"The value[3] = %@", cont[3]);
NSLog(@"The value[2] = %@", cont[2]);
}
return 0;
}