Objective-C: Instance Variable in Category
I am just asking whether it was possible to add an instance variable via a category. My special problem is, that I need to add an NSIndexPath property to an ASIHTTPRequest object but I don't wanna subclass the ASIHTTPRequest as a matter of principle. Do I have any kind of alternative? Thanks for your answers, Christian albertamg A category can not declare additional instance variables but since OS X 10.6 and iOS 3.1 you can work around this with associative references . You can use associative references to simulate the addition of object instance variables to an existing class. Using