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Purpose

SFExecuteOnDealloc is a simple category on NSObject that allows you to execute arbitrary blocks when object gets dealloced. Keep in mind that order of execution is random when you add multiple blocks.

Supported OS & SDK Versions

• iOS 4.0 (Xcode 4.3, Apple LLVM compiler 3.1)

ARC Compatibility

Automatically works with both ARC and non-ARC projects through conditional compilation. There is no need to exclude NSObject+SFExecuteOnDealloc files from the ARC validation process, or to convert NSObject+SFExecuteOnDealloc using the ARC conversion tool.

Installation

To use the NSObject+SFExecuteOnDealloc category in an app, just drag the category files (demo files and assets are not needed) into your project. Preferably include NSObject+SFExecuteOnDealloc.h in your Prefix.pch file.

Methods

- (void*)performBlockOnDealloc:(void(^)(void))aBlock;

Will call selected block when an object is deallocated. Returns blockKey that can be used to cancel selected block.

- (void)cancelDeallocBlockWithKey:(void*)blockKey;

Cancels selected block from executing when object is deallocated.

Sample use

__block NSObject *weakSelf = someTestObject;
[someTestObject performBlockOnDealloc:^{
  NSLog(@"this is block for object %@", weakSelf);
}];