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title: "What is the class method?"  
description: "What is the class method?"  
author: "Tarun Kumar"  
published: 2015-08-23  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22783/what-is-the-class-method  
category: "iphone"  
tags: ["iphone", "ios", "objective c"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the class method?

Class methods work at the class level and are common to all instance of a class these methods are specific to the class overall as opposed to working on different instance data encapsulated in each class instance.

```
@interface class name :ns object {}+(class name *)new alloc:-(int)total open
```

## Answers

### Answer by Tarun Kumar

Class methods work at the class level and are common to all instance of a class these methods are specific to the class overall as opposed to working on different instance data encapsulated in each class instance.

```
@interface class name :ns object {}+(class name *)new alloc:-(int)total open
```


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