How to use NSEnumerator with NSMutableDictionary?

Question

How do I use NSEnumerator with NSMutableDictionary, to print out all the keys and values?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Here is the version without object search. Notice that objectForKey calling not exist. They use keyEnumerator and objectEnumerator both.

id aKey = nil;
NSEnumerator *keyEnumerator = [paramaters keyEnumerator];
NSEnumerator *objectEnumerator = [paramaters objectEnumerator];
while ( (aKey = [keyEnumerator nextObject]) != nil) {
    id value = [objectEnumerator nextObject];
    NSLog(@"%@: %@", aKey, value);
}

Answer 2

Unless you need to use NSEnumerator, you can use fast enumeration (which is faster) and concise.

for(NSString *aKey in myDictionary) {
    NSLog(@"%@", aKey);
    NSLog(@"%@", [[myDictionary valueForKey:aKey] string]); //made up method
}

Also you can use an Enumerator with fast enumeration:

NSEnumerator *enumerator = [myDictionary keyEnumerator];

for(NSString *aKey in enumerator) {
    NSLog(@"%@", aKey);
    NSLog(@"%@", [[myDictionary valueForKey:aKey] string]); //made up method
}

This is useful for things like doing the reverse enumerator in an array.

Answer 3

From the NSDictionary class reference:

You can enumerate the contents of a dictionary by key or by value using the NSEnumerator object returned by keyEnumerator and objectEnumerator respectively.

In other words:

NSEnumerator *enumerator = [myMutableDict keyEnumerator];
id aKey = nil;
while ( (aKey = [enumerator nextObject]) != nil) {
    id value = [myMutableDict objectForKey:anObject];
    NSLog(@"%@: %@", aKey, value);
}