Intelligent UIButton?

[gestes]

I have a need for a UIButton that knows it's state (there are 5 possible) so that the when the Touch Up Inside is handled, I can query the state from the button and act accordingly.

In pseudo-code (and in Java) it would be something like this:

class MyButton extends UIButton {

   private int myState = 0;

   public MyButton() {
      super();
   }

   public void setState(int state) {
      myState = state;
   }

   public int getState() {
      return myState;
   }
}

Can this be done with a UIButton, and if so, how? Examples at this point would be wonderful.

Thanks!

[BrianSlick]

Buttons already do know their state. What are you specifically attempting to do?