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package org.robovm.apple.foundation;
import org.robovm.objc.ObjCClass;
import org.robovm.objc.ObjCExtensions;
import org.robovm.objc.ObjCObject;
import org.robovm.rt.bro.annotation.Marshaler;
/**
* Base class for all Objective-C extension classes (categories) in the
* Cocoa/CocoaTouch bindings. This class adds a {@link Marshaler} for
* {@link String}s to/from {@link NSString}. Note that it is not possible to
* create new categories in Java which adds methods to Objective-C classes.
*/
@Marshaler(NSString.AsStringMarshaler.class)
public abstract class NSExtensions extends ObjCExtensions {
protected static <T extends NSObject> T alloc(Class<T> c) {
long h = NSObject.alloc(ObjCClass.getByType(c));
return ObjCObject.toObjCObject(c, h, NSObject.FLAG_NO_RETAIN);
}
}