11. Categories and Protocols
In this chapter, you’ll learn about how to add methods to a class in a modular fashion through the use of categories and how to create a standardized list of methods for others to implement.
Categories
Sometimes you might be working with a class definition and want to add some new methods to it. For example, you might decide for your Fraction class that, in addition to the add: method for adding two fractions, you want to have methods to subtract, multiply, and divide two fractions.
As another example, say you are working on a large programming project and, as part of that project, your group is defining a new class that contains many different methods. You have been assigned the task of writing methods for the ...
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