objective c - performSelectorInBackground with multiple params

Question

How can I call a method with multiple params like below with performSelectorInBackground?

Sample method:

-(void) reloadPage:(NSInteger)pageIndex firstCase:(BOOL)firstCase;

Answer 1

The problem is that performSelectorInBackground:withObject: takes only one object argument. One way to get around this limitation is to pass a dictionary (or array) of arguments to a "wrapper" method that deconstructs the arguments and calls your actual method:

- (void)callingMethod {
    NSDictionary * args = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                            [NSNumber numberWithInteger:pageIndex], @"pageIndex",
                            [NSNumber numberWithBool:firstCase], @"firstCase",
                            nil];
    [self performSelectorInBackground:@selector(reloadPageWrapper:)
                           withObject:args];
}

- (void)reloadPageWrapper:(NSDictionary *)args {
    [self reloadPage:[[args objectForKey:@"pageIndex"] integerValue]
           firstCase:[[args objectForKey:@"firstCase"] boolValue]];
}

- (void)reloadPage:(NSInteger)pageIndex firstCase:(BOOL)firstCase {
    // Your code here...
}

This way you're only passing a "single" argument to the backgrounding call, but that method can construct the multiple arguments you need for the real call (which will take place on the same backgrounded thread).