Foundation Framework in iOS (iPhone/iPad)

Foundation Framework in iOS

                                Foundation framework defines base layer of the objective C classes.

 The goal of the Foundation framework is

     - Object creation and  deallocation

     - Supports Unicode strings, object persistence, and object distribution

     - Basic utility classes like NSData , NSDate , NSString etc.

     - OS independent to provide portability

NSObject is the base class for all classes in objective C. Foundation Framework classes functionalities are

• Object creation and deallocation(NSAutoReleasePool)
• Data storage(NSData,NSString)
• Text and strings(NSCharacterSet,NSScanner)
• Dates and times(NSDate, NSTimeZone, NSCalendar, NSLocale)
• Application coordination and timing(NSNotification,NSNotificationCenter, NSNotificationQueue)\
• Object distribution and persistence(NSPropertyListSerialization, NSCoder)
• Operating-system services(NSThread,NSFileManager,NSProcessInfo)
• URL loading system