iPhone, hook for edit/done button click in table view

Question

In my table view controller there is

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;

which produces a regular edit/done button at

Answer 1

This is the standard way to get notified when a bar button has been pushed:

self.editButtonItem.target = self;
self.editButtonItem.action = @selector(buttonPushed:);

...

- (void) buttonPushed:(id)sender
{
// do stuff here
}