iOS Category关联对象原理

讨论两个重要的方法，搜索源码中下面两个方法的实现

objc_setAssociatedObject(...)
objc_getAssociatedObject(...)

• objc_setAssociatedObject(...)

  1. objc_setAssociatedObject中调用了_object_set_associative_reference()
  2. 关联对象并不是存储在被关联对象本身的内存中
  3. 关联对象存储在全局的统一的一个AssociationsManager中

void
_object_set_associative_reference(id object, const void *key, id value, uintptr_t policy)
{
    // This code used to work when nil was passed for object and key. Some code
    // probably relies on that to not crash. Check and handle it explicitly.
    // rdar://problem/44094390
    if (!object && !value) return;

    if (object->getIsa()->forbidsAssociatedObjects())
        _objc_fatal("objc_setAssociatedObject called on instance (%p) of class %s which does not allow associated objects", object, object_getClassName(object));
    
    DisguisedPtr<objc_object> disguised{(objc_object *)object};
    ObjcAssociation association{policy, value};

    // retain the new value (if any) outside the lock.
    association.acquireValue();

    bool isFirstAssociation = false;
    {
        AssociationsManager manager;
        AssociationsHashMap &associations(manager.get());

        if (value) {
            auto refs_result = associations.try_emplace(disguised, ObjectAssociationMap{});
            if (refs_result.second) {
                /* it's the first association we make */
                isFirstAssociation = true;
            }

            /* establish or replace the association */
            auto &refs = refs_result.first->second;
            auto result = refs.try_emplace(key, std::move(association));
            if (!result.second) {
                association.swap(result.first->second);
            }
        } else {
            auto refs_it = associations.find(disguised);
            if (refs_it != associations.end()) {
                auto &refs = refs_it->second;
                auto it = refs.find(key);
                if (it != refs.end()) {
                    association.swap(it->second);
                    refs.erase(it);
                    if (refs.size() == 0) {
                        associations.erase(refs_it);

                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Call setHasAssociatedObjects outside the lock, since this
    // will call the object's _noteAssociatedObjects method if it
    // has one, and this may trigger +initialize which might do
    // arbitrary stuff, including setting more associated objects.
    if (isFirstAssociation)
        object->setHasAssociatedObjects();

    // release the old value (outside of the lock).
    association.releaseHeldValue();
}
// AssociationsManager
class AssociationsManager {
...
};
// AssociationsHashMap
typedef DenseMap<DisguisedPtr<objc_object>, ObjectAssociationMap> AssociationsHashMap;
// DisguisedPtr
class DisguisedPtr {
...
};

• objc_getAssociatedObject(...)

  1. objc_getAssociatedObject中调用了_object_get_associative_reference

id
_object_get_associative_reference(id object, const void *key)
{
    ObjcAssociation association{};

    {
        AssociationsManager manager;
        AssociationsHashMap &associations(manager.get());
        AssociationsHashMap::iterator i = associations.find((objc_object *)object);
        if (i != associations.end()) {
            ObjectAssociationMap &refs = i->second;
            ObjectAssociationMap::iterator j = refs.find(key);
            if (j != refs.end()) {
                association = j->second;
                association.retainReturnedValue();
            }
        }
    }

    return association.autoreleaseReturnedValue();
}