Why do we have to do [MyClass class] in Objective-C?

Question

In Objective-C, you can invoke class methods with:

[MyClass aClassMethod];

And you can query an instance\'s kind with:

[som         


        

Answer 1

MyClass is not of type Class.

[MyClass class] is of type Class.

If you are familiar with Java, the concept is the same.

java.lang.String is not of type java.lang.Class

java.lang.String.getClass() is of type java.lang.Class