What is the difference between class and instance methods?

Question

What\'s the difference between a class method and an instance method?

Are instance methods the accessors (getters and setters) while class methods are pretty much ev

Answer 1

CLASS METHODS

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A class method typically either creates a new instance of the class or retrieves some global properties of the class. Class methods do not operate on an instance or have any access to instance variable.

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INSTANCE METHODS

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An instance method operates on a particular instance of the class. For example, the accessors method that you implemented are all instance methods. You use them to set or get the instance variables of a particular object.

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INVOKE

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To invoke an instance method, you send the message to an instance of the class.

To invoke a class method, you send the message to the class directly.

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Source: IOS - Objective-C - Class Methods And Instance Methods