error 'autorelease' is unavailable: not available in automatic reference counting mode

Question

I trying to make a HTTP request and parse JSON using Stig's JSON Library. I'm getting this error 'autorelease' is unavailable: not available in automatic reference counting mode when I use this code

NSURLRequest *request2;
request2 = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://sandbox.CompanyName.com/api/%@/users/%@/user_badges?url=CompanyName.map2.com&amount=999999999999",[information stringForKey:@"apiKey"] , [information stringForKey:@"userID"]]]];

NSURLConnection *connection2;
connection2 = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request2 delegate:self startImmediately:YES];
NSURLResponse *resp2;
NSData *cData2 = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request2 returningResponse:&resp2 error:nil];
NSString *cDataString2 = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:cData2 encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(@"getUsersBadges called");
NSError *error4;
SBJSON *json4 = [[SBJSON new] autorelease];
// NSArray *luckyNumbers = [json objectWithString:responseString error:&error];
NSDictionary *luckyNumbers4 = [json4 objectWithString:cDataString2 error:&error4];

[cDataString2 release];

UPDATE

For anyone interested, this is the correct code: NSURLRequest *request2; request2 = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://sandbox.CompanyName.com/api/%@/users/%@/user_badges?url=CompanyName.map2.com&amount=999999999999",[information stringForKey:@"apiKey"] , [information stringForKey:@"userID"]]]];

NSURLConnection *connection2;
connection2 = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request2 delegate:self startImmediately:YES];
NSURLResponse *resp2;
NSData *cData2 = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request2 returningResponse:&resp2 error:nil];
NSString *cDataString2 = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:cData2 encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(@"getUsersBadges called");
NSError *error4;
SBJSON *json4 = [SBJSON new];
// NSArray *luckyNumbers = [json objectWithString:responseString error:&error];
NSDictionary *luckyNumbers4 = [json4 objectWithString:cDataString2 error:&error4];

Memory management has changed a lot in iOS5 with the introduction of Automated Reference Counting. You need to read a good introduction to ARC. I recommend Ray Wenderlich's tutorial by Matthijs Hollemans. — Thilo

Jezen Thomas Jezen Thomas · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-19T14:21:37

Change

SBJSON *json4 = [[SBJSON new] autorelease];

to

SBJSON *json4 = [SBJSON new];

This will allow you to leave automatic reference counting intact.

error 'autorelease' is unavailable: not available in automatic reference counting mode

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