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Objective-C provides two additional schemes for defining methods: protocols and categories. This chapter will describe both, explain how they differ, show how they are used, and present some design patterns that incorporate them.
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© 2009 James Bucanek
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(2009). Exploring Protocols and Categories. In: Learn Objective-C for Java Developers. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-2370-2_5
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