For the record, they are nearly identical implementations -- the
Enumeration implementation you get back (_NSJavaArrayEnumerator) has
a direct reference to the object array from inside the NSArray and
walks it with its own internal index, so one really isn't any better
than the other. A quick timing test reveals this as well (1 million
objects traversed in about 40-50ms for either one).
<minirant>it is really lame that NSArray is a concrete class and not
an interface .. extending it and actually making your subclass work
properly for all the methods is really hard</minirant>
ms
On Feb 16, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
On Feb 16, 2006, at 1:45 PM, Marcos Trejo Munguia wrote:
Hi list:
Today a question came to my mind, which method for accessing
NSArray elements is more efficient, objectEnumerator or
objectAtIndex?
Thank you in advance.
objectAtIndex.
"The following table describes the NSArray methods that provide the
basis for all NSArray's other methods; that is, all other methods
are implemented in terms of these three. If you create a subclass
of NSArray, you need only ensure that these base methods work
properly. Having done so, you can be sure that all your subclass's
inherited methods operate properly.
count ... objectAtIndex ... objectsNoCopy"
Assuming that the implementation matches the documentation (which
might be a poor assumption), objectEnumerator should be implemented
by using objectAtIndex. I would not expect the difference to be
significant in either case. That would be close to the last place
I would look when optimizing code.
Chuck
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