ODStringify

Usage

With ODStringify, you can create strings from classes, properties, defines, and functions using one function—safely. And everything is done at compile time. No more runtime overhead and calls like NSStringFromClass (although for this function, it was very small).

First of all, you can create strings from defined values. It's amazing. For example:

#define MAX_NUMBER_OF_SOMETHING 10
#define DEFAULT_HI_STRING @"hello"

NSLog(@"Hi string:%@", ODStringify(DEFAULT_HI_STRING)); // > @"hello" (@"@\"hello\"")
NSLog(@"Max number:%@", ODStringify(MAX_NUMBER_OF_SOMETHING)); // > 10 (@"10")

ODStringifyClass

Class name string with compile-time type checking.

NSLog(@"Valid class:%@", ODStringifyClass(AppDelegate)); // AppDelegate
NSLog(@"Invalid class:%@", ODStringifyClass(App_Delegate)); // Error

ODStringifyProtocol

Protocol name string with compile-time type checking.

NSLog(@"Valid protocol:%@", ODStringifyProtocol(NSCopying)); // NSCopying
NSLog(@"Invalid protocol:%@", ODStringifyProtocol(NSCopiing)); // Error

ODStringifyProperty

Pretty much the same thing for properties.

Note: You need to be inside a class implementation (and have access to self).

// AppDelegate

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
    NSLog(@"Valid property:%@", ODStringifyProperty(window)); // window
    NSLog(@"Invalid property:%@", ODStringifyProperty(window_)); // Error
    return YES;
}

Installation

ODStringify supports multiple methods for installing the library in a project.

Installation with CocoaPods

CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Objective-C and Swift, which automates and simplifies the process of using third-party libraries like ODStringify in your projects. You can install it with the following command:

$ gem install cocoapods

Podfile

To integrate ODStringify into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile:

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '12.0'

target 'TargetName' do
  pod 'ODStringify'
end

Then, run the following command:

$ pod install

Installation with Carthage

Carthage is a decentralized dependency manager that builds your dependencies and provides you with binary frameworks.

You can install Carthage with Homebrew using the following commands:

$ brew update
$ brew install carthage

To integrate ODStringify into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your Cartfile:

github "nzrsky/ODStringify" ~> 1.1

Run carthage to build the framework and drag the built ODStringify.framework into your Xcode project.

Author

Alexey Nazarov, alexx.nazaroff@gmail.com

License

ODStringify is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.