Objective C alloc/release error - iphone

I have the following problem:
in header;
GDataXMLDocument *doc;
NSString *xmlBody;
#property (nonatomic,copy) NSString *xmlBody;
#property (nonatomic,retain) GDataXMLDocument *doc;
in m
#import "tchLoader.h"
#import "Variable.h"
#import "DisplayVariable.h"
#implementation tchLoader
#synthesize responseXMLData,lastLoadedResponseXMLData;
#synthesize conn;
#synthesize doc;
#synthesize xmlBody;
- (void)loadXML:(id<tchLoaderDelegate>)delegate {
NSString *theBaseXML= #"some xml code here"
if (self.xmlBody==nil){
self.xmlBody=theBaseXML;
}
_delegate = delegate;
/*
SCNetworkReachabilityFlags flags;
SCNetworkReachabilityRef reachability = SCNetworkReachabilityCreateWithName(NULL, [#"www.alues.com" UTF8String]);
SCNetworkReachabilityGetFlags(reachability, &flags);
// The reachability flags are a bitwise set of flags that contain the information about
// connection availability
BOOL reachable = ! (flags & kSCNetworkReachabilityFlagsConnectionRequired);
*/
NSString *soapMessage =self.xmlBody;
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"https://area.tch-values.com/soapmwp/mws"];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
NSString *msgLength = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d", [soapMessage length]];
[request addValue: #"text/xml; charset=utf-8" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
[request addValue: #"http://www.tch-values.com/webservice" forHTTPHeaderField:#"SOAPAction"];
[request addValue: msgLength forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Length"];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"POST"];
[request setHTTPBody: [soapMessage dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
if ([NSURLConnection canHandleRequest:request] && true) {
self.conn = [[NSURLConnection alloc ]initWithRequest:request delegate:self];
if (self.conn) {
self.responseXMLData = [NSMutableData data];
}
}
}
-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didFailWithError:(NSError *)error
{
NSLog(#"ERROR with theConenction");
[self.doc release];
[self.conn release];
[self.responseXMLData release];
}
- (void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection {
NSLog(#"DONE. Received Bytes: %d", [self.responseXMLData length]);
//[self.conn release];
if ([_delegate respondsToSelector:#selector(xmlDidFinishLoading)]) {
[_delegate xmlDidFinishLoading];
}
}
-(void)insertAnswers: (NSMutableArray*) answeredVariables{
for (Variable * variable in answeredVariables)
{
NSInteger pageID=[variable pageId];
//NSMutableArray *answers=[NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:[[variable variableValues] count]];
NSString *path = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"//inferenceresponse/state/variable[pageId=%d]/valuedefinition",pageID];
NSArray *valueElement = [doc nodesForXPath:path error:nil];
GDataXMLElement *valueDefinitionElement;
if (valueElement.count > 0) {
valueDefinitionElement= (GDataXMLElement *) [valueElement objectAtIndex:0];
}
GDataXMLElement * sourceElement = [GDataXMLNode elementWithName:#"source"];
[sourceElement addAttribute:[GDataXMLNode attributeWithName:#"type" stringValue:#"ask user"]];
GDataXMLElement * timeStampElement = [GDataXMLNode elementWithName:#"timestamp" stringValue:#"12345"];
[sourceElement addChild:timeStampElement];
GDataXMLElement * assignmentElement = [GDataXMLNode elementWithName:#"assignmentnumber" stringValue:#"6"];
for(NSString *answer in variable.variableValues){
GDataXMLElement * variableValueElement = [GDataXMLNode elementWithName:#"variablevalue"];
[variableValueElement addAttribute:[GDataXMLNode attributeWithName:#"value" stringValue:answer]];
[valueDefinitionElement addChild:variableValueElement];
}
[valueDefinitionElement addChild:sourceElement];
[valueDefinitionElement addChild:assignmentElement];
}
NSData *xmlData = self.doc.XMLData;
NSString *theXML = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[xmlData bytes] length:[xmlData length] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
theXML =[theXML stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"inferenceresponse" withString:#"inferencerequest"];
theXML =[theXML stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">" withString:#"<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:SOAP-ENC=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\" xmlns:SOAP-ENV=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"> "];
theXML =[theXML stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"xmlns=\"\"" withString:#"xmlns=\"http://www.tch-values.com/xml/webservice\""];
theXML =[theXML stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"<state goalreached=\"false\">" withString:#"<state goalreached=\"false\"> <value>PlanKB</value> <goalvariable>myGoal</goalvariable> "];
self.xmlBody=theXML;
[theXML release];
//[self.doc release];
NSLog(self.xmlBody);
}
- (NSMutableArray*)variablesForPageID:(NSString*)pageID {
NSMutableArray *variables = nil;
if (self.responseXMLData) {
variables = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:10];
NSData *xmlData = self.responseXMLData;
NSError *error;
self.doc=nil;
doc = [[GDataXMLDocument alloc] initWithData:xmlData options:0 error:&error];
if (self.doc == nil) {
return nil;
}
NSArray *status = [doc nodesForXPath:#"//inferenceresponse/state[#goalreached='true']" error:nil];
if([status count]==1){
self.xmlBody=nil;
Variable *variable=[[Variable alloc] init];
NSString *path = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"//inferenceresponse/state/displayvariables/display[#isDisplayShown='false']"];
NSArray *displayVariablesElements = [doc nodesForXPath:path error:nil];
NSMutableArray *disps=[[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
if(displayVariablesElements.count >0){
for(GDataXMLElement *disElement in displayVariablesElements){
DisplayVariable *disVar=[[DisplayVariable alloc] init];
NSArray *disPageid = [disElement nodesForXPath:#"#displayPageId" error:nil];
GDataXMLElement *Pageid = (GDataXMLElement *) [disPageid objectAtIndex:0];
disVar.displayPageId =Pageid.stringValue;
NSArray *disName = [disElement nodesForXPath:#"displayname" error:nil];
if(disName.count >0){
GDataXMLElement *disNam = (GDataXMLElement *) [disName objectAtIndex:0];
disVar.displayName =disNam.stringValue;
}
NSArray *disValue = [disElement nodesForXPath:#"displayvalue" error:nil];
if(disValue.count >0){
GDataXMLElement *disVal = (GDataXMLElement *) [disValue objectAtIndex:0];
disVar.displayValue =disVal.stringValue;
}
NSArray *disId = [disElement nodesForXPath:#"#id" error:nil];
GDataXMLElement *disIdEl = (GDataXMLElement *) [disId objectAtIndex:0];
disVar.pageId =[disIdEl.stringValue intValue];
[disps addObject:disVar];
[disVar release];
}
variable.displayVariables=disps;
[disps release];
}
variable.lastVariableofConsultation=YES;
[variables addObject:variable];
[variable release];
}
else{
NSArray *inferenceMembers = [doc nodesForXPath:#"//inferenceresponse/state/variable[not(valuedefinition/variablevalue)]" error:nil];
for (GDataXMLElement *variableElement in inferenceMembers) {
Variable *variable=[[Variable alloc] init];
NSArray *items = [variableElement nodesForXPath:#"domaindefinition/domain/enumType/domainitem" error:nil];
NSMutableArray *domainItems = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:items.count];
for (int i=0; i<items.count;i++) {
GDataXMLElement *domainItem = (GDataXMLElement *) [items objectAtIndex:i];
[domainItems addObject:domainItem.stringValue];
}
variable.domainItems=domainItems;
NSArray *names = [variableElement nodesForXPath:#"name/#name" error:nil];
if (names.count > 0) {
GDataXMLElement *nameElement = (GDataXMLElement *) [names objectAtIndex:0];
variable.variableName = nameElement.stringValue;
}
NSArray *pageId = [variableElement nodesForXPath:#"pageId" error:nil];
}
}
return variables;
}
- (void)dealloc {
[responseXMLData release] ;
[lastLoadedResponseXMLData release] ;
[conn release];
[doc release];
[xmlBody release];
[super dealloc];
}
#end
#import "tchLoader.h"
#import "Variable.h"
#import "DisplayVariable.h"
#implementation tchLoader
#synthesize responseXMLData,lastLoadedResponseXMLData;
#synthesize conn;
#synthesize doc;
#synthesize xmlBody;
If I [theXML release] it crashes, If I dont release theXML then it works perfect but I see memory leak in simulator Instruments tool. (There are also lots of memory leaks I see in this code but couldnt figure out by instrumnets tool what is going on)

This looks wrong:
[doc release];
Why are you releasing an object managed by a property?
In your #synthesize statements change them to:
#synthesize doc = doc_;
#synthesize xmlBody = xmlBody_;
Then fix all the resulting errors to go through the property, releasing the properties ONLY in dealloc.
Edit:
You say it crashes releasing theXML. This code is wrong:
NSString *theXML = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[xmlData bytes] length:[xmlData length] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];  
        theXML =[theXML stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"inferenceresponse" withString:#"inferencerequest"];
[theXML release];
You alloc a string, replace that variable with the "stringByReplacing..." call with a string that is autoreleased, then try to release the resulting string that is autoreleased which will crash. When you don't need to keep a string around after the method you are in, ALWAYS use autorelease. The correct code is:
NSString *theXML = [[[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[xmlData bytes] length:[xmlData length] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease];  
        theXML =[theXML stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"inferenceresponse" withString:#"inferencerequest"];
And take out [theXML release] - there will be no leak.
I think you should really switch to using ARC as soon as you possibly can... it will save you from a lot of such misunderstandings.

If you want to release an ivar/property(retain), this is not how to to it:
[self.doc release];
instead:
self.doc = nil;

One "problem" with singleton objects is that they appear to leak. If you create an object and never destroy it, Instruments says it's a leak, even if your intention was never to release it.

NSData *xmlData = doc.XMLData;
newXML = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[xmlData bytes] length:[xmlData length]
encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
What is your newXML? is it a ivar and synthesize it and retain it? if yes the compiler will automatically generate getter and setter methods.
NSData *xmlData = doc.XMLData;
self.newXML = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[xmlData bytes] length:[xmlData length]
encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
self.timestamp = nil;
If its not property then
NSString* newXML = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[xmlData bytes] length:[xmlData length]
encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
self.xmlBody=newXML;
[newXML release];

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NSString *urlStringTwo = #"&id=";
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#%#%#",urlStringOne,getAlbumID,urlStringTwo,theUserID];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
[request setHTTPMethod:#"POST"];
NSString *boundary = [NSString stringWithString:#"---------------------------14737809831466499882746641449"];
NSString *contentType = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"multipart/form-data; boundary=%#", boundary];
[request addValue:contentType forHTTPHeaderField:#"Content-Type"];
NSMutableData *body = [NSMutableData data];
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:#"\r\n--%#\r\n", boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:#"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"userfile\"; filename=\".jpg\"\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:#"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[body appendData:[NSData dataWithData:imageData]];
[body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:#"\r\n--%#--\r\n", boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[request setHTTPBody:body];
NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
NSString *returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
//NSLog(#"%#", returnString);
if ([returnString rangeOfString:#"yes"].location == NSNotFound) {
// Fail
} else {
// Delete image if successful
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectoryPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *myFilePath = [documentsDirectoryPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:sqlImageUploadPathTwo];
NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
[fileManager removeItemAtPath:myFilePath error:NULL];
[database executeNonQuery:#"DELETE FROM processes WHERE image=?", sqlImageUploadPathTwo];
// Get Photo ID
NSArray *myWords = [returnString componentsSeparatedByString:#" "];
NSString *photoID = [myWords objectAtIndex:1];
NSString *usernameID = [myWords objectAtIndex:2];
NSString *defaultName = #"Photo uploaded from the flashpics iPhone application";
// Get Thumbnail URL
NSString *thumbnailURLOne = #"http://myflashpics.com/users/";
NSString *thumbnailURLTwo = #"/pictures/thumbnails/";
NSString *thumbnailURLThree = #".jpg";
NSString *thumbnailURL = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#%#%#%#",thumbnailURLOne,usernameID,thumbnailURLTwo,photoID,thumbnailURLThree];
// Download thumbnail
//NSLog(#"Downloading...");
UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:thumbnailURL]]];
//NSLog(#"%f,%f",image.size.width,image.size.height);
NSString *docDir = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];
//NSLog(#"%#",docDir);
//NSLog(#"saving jpeg");
NSString *jpegFilePath = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#/%#_thumbnail.jpg",docDir,photoID];
NSData *data2 = [NSData dataWithData:UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 0.2f)];//1.0f = 100% quality
[data2 writeToFile:jpegFilePath atomically:YES];
//NSLog(#"saving image done");
[image release];
// Put in database
NSString *thumbnailEnd = #"_thumbnail.jpg";
NSString *thumbnailLocation = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#",photoID,thumbnailEnd];
int theCount = 0;
NSArray *getUserIDInfotoo = [database executeQuery:#"SELECT * FROM images WHERE id=?",photoID];
for (NSDictionary *getUserIDRowtoo in getUserIDInfotoo) {
theCount++;
}
if (theCount == 0) {
[database executeNonQuery:#"INSERT INTO images (id, name, thumbnail, album) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)", photoID, defaultName, thumbnailLocation, getAlbumID];
}
//[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:#selector(updateImages) toTarget:RootViewController withObject:nil];
//myTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.1 target:self selector: #selector(updateImages) userInfo: nil repeats: NO];
}
[request release];
[returnString release];
}
//NSLog([rowtwo valueForKey:#"image"]);
//NSLog([rowtwo valueForKey:#"album"]);
}
[pool release];
// Stop the UIActivity in the top bar
TableViewAppDelegate *dataCeter = (TableViewAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
if ([dataCeter.dataTen isEqualToString:#""]) {
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = NO;
}
}
Edit 2:
Where the startUploads gets called (different .m)
processViewController *processTable = [[processViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"processView.xib" bundle:nil];
[processTable startUploads];
[processTable release];
More code would be helpful but here are some suggestions:
Check if startUploads is being called before the view is loaded. The view will only be loaded when it is accessed for the first time to be added to a superview.
Consider initializing processList in your init method instead of viewDidLoad both to solve #1 and b/c the view can loaded & unloaded by iOS independently of the lifecycle of the viewController (depending on what other views you are displaying and whether any memory warnings occur).
Make sure you are releasing processList in dealloc. You only need to release it in viewDidUnload if it is recreated and loaded in viewDidLoad.
Your code sample doesn't show when startUploads is being called and you aren't adding any items to processList so it's hard to tell if the above is relevant. Post some more code and I'll revise my answer accordingly.
good luck!
[EDIT: added example code]
The code fragments you posted are not a complete implementation of a view controller and the associated objects that interact with it. Given the code I have seen, your application design does not conform to MVC (Model/View/Controller) design pattern and I would be doing things a bit differently. However, I don't want to make assumptions about code I haven't seen or your ultimate intent or ability as a developer. I can't write your app for you, just trying to directly help you with the specific question you asked regarding why your NSMutableArray property remains null after the startUploads action completed. With that in mind, here are my edits to the code you posted:
processViewController.m - add the following:
- (id)initWithNibNamed:(NSString *)nibName bundle:(NSBundle *)bundle {
self = [super initWithNibNamed:nibName bundle:bundle];
if (self) {
processList = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
}
return self;
}
- (void)dealloc {
self.processList = nil;
[super dealloc];
}
different.m
- (void)displayProcessVC {
ProcessViewController *processVC = [[ProcessViewController alloc] initWithNibNamed:#"processView.xib" bundle:nil];
NSLog(#"Different:displayProcessVC BEFORE STARTING UPLOAD, processList = %#", processVC.processList);
[processVC startUploads];
NSLog(#"Different:displayProcessVC AFTER STARTING UPLOAD, processList = %#", processVC.processList);
// would normally present process VC here
[processVC release];
}
Hope this helps.