How to wrap a Struct into NSObject

Question

this is supposed to be trivial… I think, but I can\'t find a way how to wrap a Struct variable into an NSObject. Is there a method to do so? If not, how would I

Answer 1

Something like like this would be the category @Rpranata is talking about :)

struct _Pair
{
    short val;
    short count;
};
typedef struct _Pair Pair;

@interface NSValue (Pair)
+ (id)valueWithPair:(Pair)pair;
- (Pair)pairValue;
@end

@implementation NSValue (Pair)
+ (id)valueWithPair:(Pair)pair
{
    return [NSValue value:&pair withObjCType:@encode(Pair)];
}
- (Pair)pairValue
{
    Pair pair; [self getValue:&pair]; return pair;
}
@end

Usage:

// Boxing
Pair pair; pair.val = 2; pair.count = 1;
NSValue *value = [NSValue valueWithPair:pair];

// Unboxing
NSValue value = ...
Pair anotherPair = [value pairValue];