Create NSMutableArray dynamically, and use selector with parameters on objects

Question

I'm creating an application, in which i used an NSMutableArray to stock some objects. To do this, no problem in first look :

ArrayOfViews = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[ArrayOfViews addObject:...];

But my object are UIViews, that i create. For example, I have a file named "Level1". How could I add an object from "Level1", like :

Level1 * level1view;

decalered in the same UIViewcontroller from my NSMuttableArray ?

Like a sort of :

for (i = 0, i < max, i++)
{
    [ArrayOfViews addObject:[objectWithName:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"level%iview", i]]];
}

I don't know how could I wrote it with good encoding.

Second, to use the objects with a selector and parameters, how could i do ?

Because i tried :

NSString * futureSelector = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Level%iappearswithTime:", number];
SEL s = NSSelectorFromString(futureSelector);
NSInvocation * invoc = [[NSInvocation alloc] init];
[invoc setSelector:s];
[invoc setArgument:&t atIndex:1];
[invoc setTarget:[ArrayOfViews objectAtIndex:number]];
[invoc invoke];

To replace this sort of code :

[level1view Level1appearswithTime:t];

where variable t is an NSTimeInterval

Thanks for your help !

Answer 1

Since variable names are gone during compilation, you essentially can't do this (unless, of course, the variables are instance variables in which case their name is preserved, but then you still don't want to do it, I'm sure.)

As to the selector-and-string-problem: why not use NSStringFromSelector(), NSSelectorFromString() and - [NSObject performSelector:withObject:]?

SEL s = NSSelectorFromString([selectorsArray objectAtIndex:0]);
[someObject performSelector:s withObject:42];