Recipes to pass data from UITableViewCell to UITableViewController

Question

I\'m figuring out the right mechanism to pass data from UITableViewCells to a UIableViewController (or UIViewController).

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Answer 1

Why not just use [UITableView indexPathForCell:] with a delegate?

MyViewController.h

@interface MyViewController : UITableViewController <MyTableViewCellDelegate>

@end

MyViewController.m

@implementation MyViewController

// methods...

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

   NSString *reuseIdentifier = @"MyCell";
   MyTableViewCell *cell = (id)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];

   if (cell == nil)
       cell = [[[MyTableViewCell alloc] initWithMyArgument:someArgument reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier] autorelease];

    [cell setDelegate:self];

    // update the cell with your data

    return cell;
}

- (void)myDelegateMethodWithCell:(MyTableViewCell *)cell {

    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForCell:cell];

    // update model
}

@end

MyTableViewCell.h

@protocol MyTableViewCellDelegate;

@interface MyTableViewCell : UITableViewCell

@property (assign, nonatomic) id <MyTableViewCellDelegate> delegate;

- (id)initWithMyArgument:(id)someArgument reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier;

@end


@protocol MyTableViewCellDelegate <NSObject>

@optional

- (void)myDelegateMethodWithCell:(MyTableViewCell *)cell;

@end

MyTableViewCell.m

@implementation MyTableViewCell

@synthesize delegate = _delegate;

- (id)initWithMyArgument:(id)someArgument reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier {

    self = [super initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];

    if (self) {
        // custom setup
    }

    return self;
}

- (void)prepareForReuse {
    [super prepareForReuse];

    self.delegate = nil;
}

- (void)someActionHappened {

    if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(myDelegateMethodWithCell:)])
        [self.delegate myDelegateMethodWithCell:self];
}

@end

Answer 2

1. To modify cells you should modify data model and reload table data. Nothing else.
2. Not necessary to have a indexPath for cell
3. In your case it is the same using retain or copy policy. Copy makes new objects with same state.