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Authors
- Gregory John Casamento (
greg_casamento@yahoo.com)
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This class serves as a container for a nib file. It's
possible to load a nib file from a URL or from a bundle.
Using this class the nib file can now be "preloaded" and
instantiated multiple times when/if needed. Also,
since it's possible to initialize this class using a NSURL
it's possible to load nib files from remote locations.
This class uses: NSNibOwner and
NSNibTopLevelObjects to allow the caller to
specify the owner of the nib during instantiation and
receive an array containing the top level objects of the
nib file.
Copyright: (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- Declared in:
- AppKit/NSNib.h
- Conforms to:
- NSCoding
Availability: OpenStep
Description forthcoming.
Instance Variables
Method summary
- (id)
initWithContentsOfURL: (
NSURL*)nibFileURL;
Availability: OpenStep
Load the NSNib object from the specified URL. This
location can be any type of resource capable of
being pointed to by the NSURL object. A file in the
local file system or a file on an ftp site.
- (id)
initWithNibNamed: (
NSString*)nibNamed
bundle: (
NSBundle*)bundle;
Availability: OpenStep
Load the nib indicated by
nibNamed. If the
bundle argument is
nil, then the main bundle is
used to resolve the path, otherwise the
bundle which is supplied will be used.
- (BOOL)
instantiateNibWithExternalNameTable: (
NSDictionary*)externalNameTable;
Availability: OpenStep
This method instantiates the nib file. The
externalNameTable dictionary accepts the
NSNibOwner and NSNibTopLevelObjects entries
described earlier. It is recommended, for
subclasses whose purpose is to change the
behaviour of nib loading, to override this
method.
- (BOOL)
instantiateNibWithExternalNameTable: (
NSDictionary*)externalNameTable
withZone: (
NSZone*)zone;
Availability: Not in OpenStep/MacOS-X
This is a GNUstep specific method. This method is used
when the caller wants the objects instantiated in the
nib to be stored in the given
zone.
- (BOOL)
instantiateNibWithOwner: (id)owner
topLevelObjects: (
NSArray**)topLevelObjects;
Availability: OpenStep
This method instantiates the nib file. It utilizes the
instantiateNibWithExternalNameTable:
method to, in a convenient way, allow the user to
specify both keys accepted by the nib loading
process.
Instance Variables for NSNib Class
@protected NSBundle* _bundle;
Availability: OpenStep
Warning the underscore at the start of the
name of this instance variable indicates that, even
though it is not technically private, it is
intended for internal use within the package, and
you should not use the variable in other code.
@protected id _loader;
Availability: OpenStep
Warning the underscore at the start of the
name of this instance variable indicates that, even
though it is not technically private, it is
intended for internal use within the package, and
you should not use the variable in other code.
@protected NSData* _nibData;
Availability: OpenStep
Warning the underscore at the start of the
name of this instance variable indicates that, even
though it is not technically private, it is
intended for internal use within the package, and
you should not use the variable in other code.
@protected NSURL* _url;
Availability: OpenStep
Warning the underscore at the start of the
name of this instance variable indicates that, even
though it is not technically private, it is
intended for internal use within the package, and
you should not use the variable in other code.
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