What is the difference between class and instance methods?
Like most of the other answers have said, instance methods use an instance of a class, whereas a class method can be used with just the class name. In Objective-C they are defined thusly: @interface MyClass : NSObject + (void)aClassMethod; – (void)anInstanceMethod; @end They could then be used like so: [MyClass aClassMethod]; MyClass *object = … Read more