使用NSTimer，以相同的名称，不同的参数调用两个函数，都使用scheduleTimerWithTimeInterval

Question

I'm trying to write my own fade-ins and fade-outs using the AVAudioPlayer as a helper.

My problem is this: I have two method definitions with the same name, but one takes an int and the other takes no parameters. Is there a way for me to tell NSTimer which one to call? Couldn't really make sense of the documentation:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/nstimer_Class/Reference/NSTimer.html

-(void) stopWithFadeOut 
{
if (_player.volume > 0.1) {
    [self adjustVolume:-.1];
    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.1 target:self selector:@selector(stopWithFadeOut) userInfo:NULL repeats:NO];
}
else {
    [self stop];
}
}

and

-(void) stopWithFadeOut:(NSString *)speed 
{
int incr = [speed intValue];
if (_player.volume > 0.1) {
    [self adjustVolume:-incr];
    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.1 target:self selector:@selector(stopWithFadeOut) userInfo:NULL repeats:NO];
}
else {
    [self stop];
}
}

Answer 1

Those actually have different names. The colon is significant, so the name (and hence the argument to @selector() ) of the second method is stopWithFadeOut: .*

To create the timer, then, you want:

[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.1 
                                 target:self 
                               selector:@selector(stopWithFadeOut:) 
                               userInfo:NULL                   //^ Note! Colon!
                                repeats:NO];

However, this method is incorrect, because an NSTimer passes itself to its action method; it's not possible for you to pass in an arbitrary object. This is what the userInfo: parameter is for. You can sort of attach some object to the timer, and retrieve it inside the action method using the userInfo method, like so:

- (void)stopWithFadeOut: (NSTimer *)tim 
{
    NSString * speed = [tim userInfo];
    int incr = [speed intValue];
    if (_player.volume > 0.1) {
        [self adjustVolume:-incr];
        [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.1 
                                         target:self 
                                       selector:@selector(stopWithFadeOut:) 
                                       userInfo:speed
                                        repeats:NO];
    }

(Also note that this means your first method isn't really a correct NSTimer action method, because it doesn't have the NSTimer parameter.)

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*The compiler wouldn't have let you declare or define two methods with the same name in one class, and the parameter type doesn't count as part of the selector, so trying to create -(void)dumblethwaite:(int)circumstance; and -(void)dumblethwaite:(NSString *)jinxopotamus; in one class doesn't work.

Answer 2

So this is what I came up with. Thanks Josh.

-(void) pauseWithFadeOut
{
NSNumber *incr = [[NSNumber alloc] initWithFloat:0.1];
while (_player.volume > 0.1) {
    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.1 target:self selector:@selector(fadeOut) userInfo:incr repeats:NO];
}
}
-(void)fadeOut: (NSTimer*) deleg
{   
int incr = (int) [deleg userInfo];
if (_player.volume > 0.1) {
    [self adjustVolume:-incr];
}

} 
-(void) pauseWithFadeOut:(NSString *)speed
{
NSNumber *incr = [[NSNumber alloc] initWithFloat:[speed floatValue]];
while (_player.volume > 0.1) {
    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.1 target:self selector:@selector(fadeOut) userInfo:incr repeats:NO];
}

[self pause];

}
-(void) stopWithFadeOut
{
NSNumber *incr = [[NSNumber alloc] initWithFloat:0.1];
while (_player.volume > 0.1) {
    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.1 target:self selector:@selector(fadeOut) userInfo:incr repeats:NO];
}
}
-(void) stopWithFadeOut:(NSString *)speed
{
NSNumber *incr = [[NSNumber alloc] initWithFloat:[speed floatValue]];
while (_player.volume > 0.1) {
    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.1 target:self selector:@selector(fadeOut) userInfo:incr repeats:NO];
}

[self stop];

}