Detail Description for NSObject

NSObject+DetailDescription.h

@interface NSObject(DetailDescription)
 
- (NSString *)detailDescription;
 
@end

NSObject+DetailDescription.m

#import "NSObject+DetailDescription.h"
#import <objc/runtime.h>
 
@implementation NSObject(DetailDescription)
 
- (NSString *)detailDescriptionForClassType:(Class)classType { 
 
    NSMutableString *properties = [NSMutableString string];
 
    // Find Out something about super Classes
	Class superClass  = class_getSuperclass(classType);
	if  (superClass != nil && ![superClass isEqual:[NSObject class]])
	{
		// Append all the super class's properties to the properties (Reqursive, until NSObject) 
		[properties appendString:[self detailDescriptionForClassType:superClass]];
	}
 
	// Add Information about Current Properties
	NSUInteger		  property_count;
	objc_property_t * property_list = class_copyPropertyList(classType, &property_count); // Must Free, later
 
	for (int i = property_count - 1; i >= 0; --i) { // Reverse order, to get Properties in order they were defined
		objc_property_t property = property_list[i];
 
		// For Eeach property we are loading its name
		const char * property_name = property_getName(property);
 
		NSString * propertyName = [NSString stringWithCString:property_name encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
		if (propertyName) { // and if name is ok, we are getting value using KVC
			id value = [self valueForKey:propertyName];
 
			// format of properties items: p1 = v1; p2 = v2; ...
			[properties appendFormat:@"%@ = %@; ", propertyName, value];
		}
	}
	free(property_list);//Clean up
 
	return properties;
}
 

- (NSString *)detailDescription { 
	return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"[%@ {%@}]", NSStringFromClass([self class]), [self detailDescriptionForClassType:[self class]]];
}
 
@end