Remote object descriptions are sent over the wire to be displayed in the client.

Author: chinmaygarde

Detective/CALayer+HDHelpers.h

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ typedef enum :NSInteger {
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) NSArray *subviews;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) NSString *viewControllerClass;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) NSArray *pathToRoot;
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSString *remoteObjectDescription;
 
 -(NSData *) getPNGSurfaceRepresentation:(CALayerSurfaceRepresentationType) type;
 -(CALayer *) getChildWithPointerValue:(NSInteger) pointerValue;

Detective/CALayer+HDHelpers.m

@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ -(CALayer *) getChildWithPointerValue:(NSInteger) pointerValue {
   return nil;
 }
 
+-(NSString *) remoteObjectDescription {
+    return self.description;
+}
+
 -(NSArray *) serializableProperties {
   return @[
     @"pointerValue",
@@ -85,7 +89,8 @@ -(NSArray *) serializableProperties {
     @"subviews",
     @"classHierarchy",
     @"viewControllerClass",
-    @"pathToRoot"
+    @"pathToRoot",
+    @"remoteObjectDescription",
   ];
 }
 

Detective/UIView+HDHelpers.h

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) NSInteger pointerValue;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) NSString *viewControllerClass;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) NSArray *pathToRoot;
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSString *remoteObjectDescription;
 
 -(UIView *) getChildWithPointerValue:(NSInteger) pointerValue;
 

Detective/UIView+HDHelpers.m

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ -(NSInteger) pointerValue {
   return (NSInteger)self;
 }
 
+-(NSString *) remoteObjectDescription {
+    return self.description;
+}
+
 -(NSString *) viewControllerClass {
   UIResponder *responder = self;
 
@@ -59,7 +63,8 @@ -(NSArray *) serializableProperties {
     @"frame",
     @"classHierarchy",
     @"viewControllerClass",
-    @"pathToRoot"
+    @"pathToRoot",
+    @"remoteObjectDescription",
   ];
 }