Category to help searching through SPDisplayObjectContainer objects recursively, given the object's name.

SPDisplayObjectContainer+Recursive.h

//
//  SPDisplayObjectContainer+Recursive.h
//
//  Created by Henrique Cabral on 4/3/13.
//
//

#import "SPDisplayObjectContainer.h"

@interface SPDisplayObjectContainer (Recursive)

- (SPDisplayObject*) childByNameRecursive:(NSString *)name container:(SPDisplayObject*)object;

@end

SPDisplayObjectContainer+Recursive.m

//
//  SPDisplayObjectContainer+Recursive.m
//
//  Created by Henrique Cabral on 4/3/13.
//
//

#import "SPDisplayObjectContainer+Recursive.h"

@implementation SPDisplayObjectContainer (Recursive)

- (SPDisplayObject*) childByNameRecursive:(NSString *)name container:(SPDisplayObject*)object
{
    SPDisplayObject *current = nil;
    
    if ([object.name isEqualToString:name])
    {
        current =  object;
    }
    
    if ([object isKindOfClass:[SPDisplayObjectContainer class]] && !current)
    {
        for (SPDisplayObject *child in (SPDisplayObjectContainer*)object)
        {
            current = [self childByNameRecursive:name container:child];
            
            if (current)
                break;
        }
    }
    
    return current;
}

@end