static-constructor

I am trying to build something to dynamically instantiate an object from class-name similar to how Java's Class.forName method works, e.g. Class klass = Class.forName("MyClass"); Object obj = klass.instantiate(... I didn't see any such behavior in Objective-C so I would like to call a method to register Class when an Objective-C class is loaded. Basically, I would like to call a method that registers my class, e.g. + (void)mystatic { [NSKeyedUnarchiver setClass:[self class] forClassName:"MyClass"] } Is there a way to do this in Objective-C on OS X platform? Thanks. You want to use

According to the docs: A static constructor is used to initialize any static data, or to perform a particular action that needs to be performed once only. It is called automatically before the first instance is created or any static members are referenced . But i saw in stackoverflow post, the following quote from the C# specification: If a static constructor (§10.12) exists in the class, execution of the static field initializers occurs immediately prior to executing that static constructor. It's contradicting, i don't understand what come first, the static constructor or the static member

Can anyone explain how the CLR handles Static classes? Does the CLR create one singleton instance for handling static classes internally? If not, why do we have a static constructor in C#? (Per my understanding, we use constructors only for instantiating the class) Sriram Sakthivel First of all there is no static class in CLR. CLR doesn't know anything about static class. It is the feature of C#. Static classes are compiled into abstract as well as sealed class. Making it abstract prevent instantiation of it and sealed prevents inheritance. Static classes are no special, it is just a simple