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Asked: May 25, 20262026-05-25T23:47:17+00:00 2026-05-25T23:47:17+00:00

I am learning Objective-C and I would like to know what the meaning and

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I am learning Objective-C and I would like to know what the meaning and the purpose of the following declaration is:

   id<A_specific_name> delegate;
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    2026-05-25T23:47:18+00:00Added an answer on May 25, 2026 at 11:47 pm

    This means delegate is a variable that has the general type id and it conforms to A_specific_name protocol.

    id is typedef on void *, and a protocol is a concept similar (but not the same exactly) to Java interfaces.

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