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Not only that, but a much better way to reuse code...

2011-10-17T12:46:40.624-07:00

Not only that, but a much better way to reuse code would be to factor it out into a separate class altogether, and use composition instead of inheritance to take advantage of the functionality.

Tech guy, As you said they way it ought to be deve...

2011-01-12T11:12:26.000-08:00

Tech guy,
As you said they way it ought to be developed is by composition NOT by inheritance. Inherittance should never be used as mechanism for code reuse. Tomorrow if apple add some thing more to its tableviewcontroller you will have to go and implement that too. It is always better to put it in a differnt class and utilize that class.

instead of using inheritance, couldn't you kee...

2010-12-23T12:48:05.000-08:00

instead of using inheritance, couldn't you keep the common code in a separate class called "MyCommonTimer" and have a delegate property in that class referring to either the subclass of UITableViewController or subclass of UIViewController. When timer fires an event, it will call the same methods on the delegate. That way, you can still utilize Apple's UITableViewController class for the base class of your tableviews.