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coerce-to-objc-class Function

Summary

Coerces its argument to an Objective-C class pointer.

Package

objc

Signature

coerce-to-objc-class class => class-pointer

Arguments
class
A string or Objective-C class pointer.
Values
class-pointer
An Objective-C class pointer.
Description

The function coerce-to-objc-class returns the Objective-C class pointer for the class specified by class. If class is a string, then the registered Objective-C class pointer is found. Otherwise class should be a foreign pointer of type objc-class and is returned unchanged.

This is the opposite operation to the function objc-class-name.

See also

objc-class
objc-class-name


LispWorks Objective-C and Cocoa Interface User Guide and Reference Manual - 01 Dec 2021 19:38:32