Cocoa Responder Chain and UITableViews

gistfile1.m

// Whenever a button, tap , or something 'happens' within a cell subclass, send a message up thee olde Responder Chain
// -- within tablecell_subclass.m
- (IBAction)connectButtonClicked:(id)sender {
    SEL selConnectButton = sel_registerName("connectButtonResponder:");
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] sendAction:selConnectButton to:nil from:self forEvent:nil];
}


// within the UITableViewController , responde to the selector "connectButtonResponder"
- (IBAction)connectButtonResponder:(id)sender {
    NSAssert([sender class] == [tablecell_subclass class], @"something not expected was attached to connectButtonResponder: - you're a bad person");
    
    UITableCell *cell = (UITableCell*)sender;
    
    NSIndexPath *path = [self.tableView indexPathForCell:cell];
    NSDictionary *someDatas = [self.datas objectAtIndex:path.row];

    // .. do other things and respond to the event    
}