copy与mutableCopy

不管是集合类对象，还是非集合类对象，接收到copy和mutableCopy消息时，都遵循以下准则：

1. copy返回imutable对象；所以，如果对copy返回值使用mutable对象接口就会crash；
2. mutableCopy返回mutable对象

非集合类

NSString *string = [NSString stringWithString: @"alan.com"];
NSString *stringCopy = [string copy];
NSMutableString *stringMCopy = [string mutableCopy];
NSLog(@"string = %p, stringCopy = %p, stringMCopy = %p", string, stringCopy, stringMCopy);

输出结果来看：

string = 0xa000000000000311
stringCopy = 0xa000000000000311
stringMCopy = 0x608000266f80

输出地址来看，string与stringCopy一样，是指针拷贝。stringMCopy地址不一样是内容拷贝。

NSMutableString *string = [NSMutableString stringWithString: @"alan.com"];
//copy
NSString *stringCopy = [string copy];
NSMutableString *mStringCopy = [string copy];
NSMutableString *stringMCopy = [string mutableCopy];
//change value
[mStringCopy appendString:@"mm"]; //crash
[string appendString:@" origion!"];
[stringMCopy appendString:@"!!"];

根据上面的准则。即使是用NSMutableString声明的变量，只要是copy方法赋值都是NSString类型。所以在[mStringCopy appendString:@"mm"];会发生crash。但是是深拷贝。

string = 0x600000274ac0
stringCopy = 0xa006e696769726f6
mStringCopy = 0xa006e696769726f6        // 两个地址一样
stringMCopy = 0x600000274a80

总结:

1. [immutableObject copy] // 浅复制
2. [immutableObject mutableCopy] //深复制
3. [mutableObject copy] //深复制
4. [mutableObject mutableCopy] //深复制

集合类

先看NSArray：

NSArray *array = @[[NSMutableString stringWithString: @"alan.com"], @"2"];
NSArray *arrayCopy = [array copy];
NSArray *arrayMCopy = [array mutableCopy];
    
NSLog(@"array = %p", array);
NSLog(@"arrayCopy = %p", arrayCopy);
NSLog(@"arrayMCopy = %p", arrayMCopy);
    
for (int i = 0; i < [array count]; i ++) {
    NSLog(@"item = %p, itemCopy = %p, itemMCopy = %p", array[i], arrayCopy[i], arrayMCopy[i]);
}

打印一下输出结果：

array = 0x608000033f00
arrayCopy = 0x608000033f00
arrayMCopy = 0x608000243a20
item = 0x608000263940, itemCopy = 0x608000263940, itemMCopy = 0x608000263940
item = 0x1051be120, itemCopy = 0x1051be120, itemMCopy = 0x1051be120

从结果来看，array的copy是浅拷贝，mutableCopy是深拷贝。但是这是对数组本来来说的，数组中的元素都是浅拷贝。

再看看NSMutaleArray

NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:[NSMutableString stringWithString: @"alan.com"], @"2", nil];
NSMutableArray *arrayCopy = [array copy];
NSMutableArray *arrayMCopy = [array mutableCopy];
    
NSLog(@"array = %p", array);
NSLog(@"arrayCopy = %p", arrayCopy);
NSLog(@"arrayMCopy = %p", arrayMCopy);
for (int i = 0; i < [array count]; i ++) {
    NSLog(@"item = %p, itemCopy = %p, itemMCopy = %p", array[i], arrayCopy[i], arrayMCopy[i]);
}

输出结果：

array = 0x608000251820
arrayCopy = 0x608000032940
arrayMCopy = 0x608000251c40
item = 0x608000267340, itemCopy = 0x608000267340, itemMCopy = 0x608000267340
item = 0x107e4d110, itemCopy = 0x107e4d110, itemMCopy = 0x107e4d110

从结果来看，NSMutableArray的copy与mutableCopy都是深拷贝，但是数组中的元素却是浅拷贝。

1. [immutableObject copy] // 浅复制
2. [immutableObject mutableCopy] //深复制，元素浅复制
3. [mutableObject copy] //深复制，元素浅复制
4. [mutableObject mutableCopy] //深复制，元素浅复制

集合的单层深复制 (one-level-deep copy)

苹果的开发文档中有这样一句话：

However, copyWithZone: produces a shallow copy. This kind of copy is only capable of producing a one-level-deep copy. If you only need a one-level-deep copy, you can explicitly call for one as in Listing 2.

这里也就引入了一种新的概念：one-level-deep copy。
向上面的例子中，数组是深拷贝，而元素却是浅拷贝就是one-level-deep copy。

那怎么才能进行集合的深拷贝呢？

NSArray *deepCopyArray=[[NSArray alloc] initWithArray:someArray copyItems:YES];

使用这个函数，设置最后一个参数为YES。

当然还有另外的一种方式，对集合进行归档（archive）和解归档（unarchive），例子就不在这里写了。

注意：

如果在集合中存在NSObject类型的数据，使用copy与mutableCopy时，需要实现NSCoping与NSMutableCoping协议。

@property

@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *cp;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *sp;

NSMutableString *str = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithFormat:@"alan.com"];
NSLog(@"str = %p, retainCount = %ld", str, CFGetRetainCount((__bridge CFTypeRef)(str)));
    
self.cp = str;
NSLog(@"cp = %p, retainCount = %ld", self.cp, CFGetRetainCount((__bridge CFTypeRef)(str)));
    
self.sp = str;
NSLog(@"sp = %p, retainCount = %ld", self.sp, CFGetRetainCount((__bridge CFTypeRef)(str)));

str = 0x60000027c8c0, retainCount = 1
cp = 0xa0020220b1ce0c68, retainCount = 1
sp = 0x60000027c8c0, retainCount = 3

copy其实就是在set方法中进行变量的copy操作。

- (void)setCp:(NSString *)cp
{
    _cp = [cp copy];
}

而strong则是对变量的强引用，引用计数+1。但是在ARC下这里导致的引用计数变成3。是在setSp:方法中，参数已经+1，然后再一次饮用，最终的引用计数变成3。MRC下的retainCount是正常的，引用技术为2。

- (void)setSp:(NSString *)sp
{
    NSLog(@"retainCount = %ld", CFGetRetainCount((__bridge CFTypeRef)(sp)));
    _sp = sp;
    
    NSLog(@"retainCount = %ld", CFGetRetainCount((__bridge CFTypeRef)(sp)));
}

但是，在任何场合下是不提倡使用retainCount的。传送门

参考文献

Apple dev

IOS开发之深拷贝与浅拷贝(mutableCopy与Copy)详解

When to use -retainCount?