how to deal with multi initializers?

[limboy]

suppose I have a ViewController which can init in multi ways like -initWithCategory:, -initWithTag:, etc. how to deal this scenario? cause objection_initializer seems can be used once.

use one init and multi -configureWithCategory:, -configureWithTag: ?

[NachoSoto]

Classes should only have one designated initializer, so objection_initializer is meant to be used with that one. Do all your initializers end up calling the same one?

[limboy]

@NachoSoto thanks 4 ur quick reply :)

no, they may call another class instead when using "class cluster", like NSNumber.

@implementation HBBoardsViewController

- (instancetype)initwithFeaturedBoards
{
    HBRecommendBoardsViewController *viewController = [[HBRecommendBoardsViewController alloc] init];
    return viewController;
}

- (instancetype)initWithFollowingBoards
{
    HBFollowingBoardsViewController * followingBoards = [[HBFollowingBoardsViewController alloc] init];
    return followingBoards;
}

- (instancetype)initWithKeyword:(NSString *)keyword
{
    HBSearchBoardsViewController *searchBoards = [[HBSearchBoardsViewController alloc] initWithKeyword:keyword];
    return searchBoards;
}

// ... 
@end

the HBRecommendBoardsViewController, HBFollowingBoardsViewController and HBSearchBoardsViewController are all sub class of HBBoardsViewController

[jdewind]

Objection will only support one explicit initializer declaration.

In the future it might be a good idea to expand the JSObjectionFactory to take an optional initializer argument.

Right now you could solve this problem by creating a "builder" or "factory" that constructs the objects with their respective initializers. After initializing them you can use the -injectDependencies: message on JSObjectionInjector to ensure that object has been given the appropriate dependencies.