NSArray : release its objects, but keep a pointer to it.
- by Leo
Hello,
I declare an NSArray in my code then building the array from another array. I process my NSArray and when I'm finished, I would like to release the objects, but I'm reusing this pointer to NSAarray again later to do the same process (creating the array from another array, process then releasing).. So I need to keep the pointer.
What should I do ?
Here is roughly what I want to do, the buildArray is creating and returning an autoreleased NSArray :
NSArray *myArray;
for (int i = 0, i < 10, i++){
[myArray arrayWithArray:[self buildArray]];
// Here I process myArray
[myArray = nil] // is my guess
}
I need to keep a pointer to my NSArray, in order to reuse later in the loop, but what is happening to the objects created with [self buildArray]? What is the best to do in order not to keep unused object and arrays ?
Or maybe the best solution is simply to removeAllObject of the array..?
Thank you!
