When to call release on NSURLConnection delegate?

Question

When passing a delegate to the a NSUrlConnection object like so:

[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:handler];
         


        

Answer 1

It will depend on what object handler is and how you use it. For example, I usually use self as my delegate:

[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self];

I don't need to call release on self because delegates are not retained and self will be released by another object.

If handler is a new object, then you will have to release it (and connectionDidFinishLoading: should be ok, unless you need to use the handler object for something else).

Are you familiar with the rules for memory management in Cocoa?

Can you give a better picture of what object handler is and how you're using it?