Question

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About the keyword of self
Why is self allowed in static context in objective c

what type of object is the self object in a class method?

Example:

+ (void)test {
 NSLog(@"class self: %@", self); 
}

Is the self object in a class method a fully initialized object of the class or only a class wrapper object for the important meta data ?

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Answer 1

self in class method has type Class and points to the class object. You can send messages to it just like you send them to the class:

+ (void) classMethod; {
    // the same
    MyClass* a = [[self alloc] init];
    MyClass* b = [[MyClass alloc] init];
}