Cocoa for Tiger Quick Reference

Contents

• Front matter
• Foundation Framework Classes

Front matter

Last modified on November 22, 2006

22 Nov 2006

added a link on each method to its local apple documentation (C. Lüthi)

added an index following class hierarchy

added downloadable archive

20 Nov 2006

added more automation in the page generation

20 Mar 2005

created by Nicolas Seriot for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Features added in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Features added in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
Features added in Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

• Python 2.4 Quick Reference, author: Richard Gruet
• Foundation Reference for Objective-C

Foundation Framework Classes

• NSArray, NSMutableArray
• NSAttributedString, NSMutableAttributedString
• NSCharacterSet, NSMutableCharacterSet
• NSClassDescription, NSScriptClassDescription
• NSCoder, NSArchiver, NSPortCoder, NSUnarchiver
• NSCoder, NSKeyedArchiver, NSKeyedUnarchiver
• NSData, NSMutableData
• NSDate, NSCalendarDate
• NSDictionary, NSMutableDictionary
• NSEnumerator, NSDirectoryEnumerator
• NSFormatter, NSDateFormatter, NSNumberFormatter
• NSIndexSet, NSMutableIndexSet
• NSNotificationCenter, NSDistributedNotificationCenter
• NSPort, NSMachPort, NSMessagePort, NSSocketPort
• NSPortNameServer, NSMachBootstrapServer, NSMachBootstrapServer, NSMessagePortNameServer, NSSocketPortNameServer
• NSPredicate, NSComparisonPredicate, NSCompoundPredicate, NSComparisonPredicate
• NSProxy, NSDistantObject, NSProtocolChecker
• NSScriptCommand, NSCloneCommand, NSCloseCommand, NSCountCommand, NSCreateCommand, NSDeleteCommand, NSExistsCommand, NSGetCommand, NSMoveCommand, NSQuitCommand, NSSetCommand
• NSScriptObjectSpecifier, NSIndexSpecifier, NSPropertySpecifier, NSRandomSpecifier, NSRangeSpecifier, NSRelativeSpecifier, NSUniqueIDSpecifier, NSWhoseSpecifier
• NSScriptObjectSpecifier, NSMiddleSpecifier, NSNameSpecifier
• NSScriptWhoseTest, NSLogicalTest, NSSpecifierTest
• NSSet, NSMutableSet, NSCountedSet
• NSStream, NSInputStream, NSOutputStream
• NSString, NSMutableString
• NSURLRequest, NSMutableURLRequest
• NSURLResponse, NSHTTPURLResponse
• NSValue, NSNumber, NSDecimalNumber
• NSXMLNode, NSXMLDocument, NSXMLDTDNode, NSXMLElement, NSXMLDTD
• NSObject, NSAffineTransform, NSAppleEventDescriptor, NSAppleEventManager, NSAppleScript, NSAssertionHandler, NSAutoreleasePool, NSBundle, NSCachedURLResponse, NSCalendar, NSConditionLock, NSConnection, NSDateComponents, NSDecimalNumberHandler, NSDeserializer, NSDistantObjectRequest, NSDistributedLock, NSError, NSException, NSExpression, NSFileHandle, NSFileManager, NSHost, NSHTTPCookie, NSHTTPCookieStorage, NSIndexPath, NSInvocation, NSLocale, NSLock, NSMetadataItem, NSMetadataQuery, NSMetadataQueryAttributeValueTuple, NSMetadataQueryResultGroup, NSMethodSignature, NSNetService, NSNetServiceBrowser, NSNotification, NSNotificationQueue, NSNull, NSPipe, NSPortMessage, NSPositionalSpecifier, NSProcessInfo, NSPropertyListSerialization, NSRecursiveLock, NSRunLoop, NSScanner, NSScriptCoercionHandler, NSScriptCommandDescription, NSScriptExecutionContext, NSScriptSuiteRegistry, NSSerializer, NSSortDescriptor, NSSpellServer, NSTask, NSThread, NSTimer, NSTimeZone, NSUndoManager, NSURL, NSURLAuthenticationChallenge, NSURLCache, NSURLConnection, NSURLCredential, NSURLCredentialStorage, NSURLDownload, NSURLHandle, NSURLProtectionSpace, NSURLProtocol, NSUserDefaults, NSValueTransformer, NSXMLParser

Operations on NSAffineTransform (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating an NSAffineTransform object
• Accumulating transformations
• Transforming data and objects
• Transformation struct

Operations on NSAppleEventDescriptor (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating a descriptor
• Getting information about a descriptor
• Working with list descriptors
• Working with record descriptors
• Working with Apple event descriptors

Operations on NSAppleEventManager (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting an event manager
• Working with event handlers
• Working with events
• Suspending and resuming Apple events

Operations on NSAppleScript (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Initializing
• Getting information about a script
• Compiling and executing a script

Operations on NSArchiver (inherits from NSCoder : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Initializing an NSArchiver
• Archiving data
• Getting the archived data
• Substituting classes or objects

Operations on NSArray (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating an array
• Querying the array
• Sending messages to elements
• Comparing arrays
• Deriving new arrays
• Sorting arrays
• Working with string elements
• Creating a description of the array
• Collecting paths
• Key value observing
• Key value coding

Operations on NSAssertionHandler (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting the thread’s handler
• Handling assertion failures

Operations on NSAttributedString (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating an NSAttributedString object
• Retrieving character information
• Retrieving attribute information
• Comparing attributed strings
• Extracting a substring

Operations on NSAutoreleasePool (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Adding an object to the current pool
• Adding an object to a pool

Operations on NSBundle (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Initializing an NSBundle
• Getting an NSBundle
• Getting a bundled class
• Finding a resource
• Getting the bundle directory
• Getting bundle information
• Managing localized resources
• Loading a bundle’s code
• Managing localizations

Operations on NSCachedURLResponse (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating a cached URL response
• Getting cached URL response properties

Operations on NSCalendar (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• System locale information
• Initializing a calendar
• Getting information about a calendar
• Calendrical calculations

Operations on NSCalendarDate (inherits from NSDate : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating an NSCalendarDate instance
• Retrieving date elements
• Adjusting a date
• Computing date intervals
• Representing dates as Strings
• Getting and setting calendar formats
• Getting and setting the time zone

Operations on NSCharacterSet (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating a standard character set
• Creating a custom character set
• Opening a character set file
• Testing set membership
• Inverting a character set
• Getting a binary representation

Operations on NSClassDescription (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Working with class descriptions
• Attribute keys
• Relationship keys

Operations on NSCloneCommand (inherits from NSScriptCommand : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Working with specifiers

Operations on NSCloseCommand (inherits from NSScriptCommand : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Accessing save options

Operations on NSCoder (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Testing coder
• Encoding data
• Decoding data
• Managing zones
• Getting version information

Operations on NSComparisonPredicate (inherits from NSPredicate)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Constructors
• Getting information about a comparison predicate

Operations on NSCompoundPredicate (inherits from NSPredicate)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Constructors
• Getting information about a compound predicate

Operations on NSConditionLock (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Initializing an NSConditionLock object
• Returning the condition
• Acquiring and releasing a lock

Operations on NSConnection (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting the default instance
• Creating instances
• Running the connection in a new thread
• Vending an object
• Getting a remote object
• Getting a conversation
• Getting all NSConnection objects
• Configuring instances
• Getting ports
• Getting statistics
• Setting the delegate

Operations on NSCountCommand (inherits from NSScriptCommand : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

Operations on NSCountedSet (inherits from NSMutableSet : NSSet : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Initializing a counted set
• Adding and removing entries
• Examining a counted set

Operations on NSCreateCommand (inherits from NSScriptCommand : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting information about a create command

Operations on NSData (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating Data Objects
• Accessing Data
• Testing Data
• Storing Data
• Deprecated Methods

Operations on NSDate (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating an NSDate instance
• Comparing dates
• Getting time intervals
• Representing dates as strings
• Converting to an NSCalendarDate object

Operations on NSDateComponents (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting information about an NSDateComponents object
• Setting information for an NSDateComponents object

Operations on NSDateFormatter (inherits from NSFormatter : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Initializing a date formatter
• Getting and setting behavior
• Getting and setting attributes

Operations on NSDecimalNumber (inherits from NSNumber : NSValue : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating a decimal number
• Initializing a decimal number
• Doing arithmetic
• Rounding off
• Accessing data
• Modifying behavior
• Comparing decimal numbers
• Getting the highest and lowest possible values of an NSDecimalNumber object

Operations on NSDecimalNumberHandler (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating and initializing a decimal number handler
• Initializing a decimal number handler

Operations on NSDeleteCommand (inherits from NSScriptCommand : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Working with specifiers

Operations on NSDeserializer (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Deserializing a property list

Operations on NSDictionary (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating dictionaries
• Counting entries
• Comparing dictionaries
• Accessing keys and values
• Storing dictionaries
• Accessing file attributes

Operations on NSDirectoryEnumerator (inherits from NSEnumerator : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting attributes
• Skipping subdirectories

Operations on NSDistantObject (inherits from NSProxy)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating a local proxy
• Creating a remote proxy
• Getting a proxy’s NSConnection
• Setting a proxy’s protocol

Operations on NSDistantObjectRequest (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting information about a request
• Raising a remote exception

Operations on NSDistributedLock (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating an NSDistributedLock
• Acquiring a lock
• Relinquishing a lock
• Getting lock information

Operations on NSDistributedNotificationCenter (inherits from NSNotificationCenter : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Accessing Distributed Notification Centers
• Adding and Removing Observers
• Posting Notifications
• Suspending and Resuming Notification Delivery

Operations on NSEnumerator (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting the objects

Operations on NSError (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating error objects
• Getting error properties
• Getting a localized error description
• Getting the error recovery attempter

Operations on NSException (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating and raising an NSException
• Querying an NSException

Operations on NSExistsCommand (inherits from NSScriptCommand : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

Operations on NSExpression (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Constructors and initialization
• Getting information about an expression
• Evaluating an expression

Operations on NSFileHandle (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting a file handle
• Creating a file handle
• Getting a file descriptor
• Reading from a file handle
• Writing to a file handle
• Communicating asynchronously in the background
• Seeking within a file
• Operating on a file

Operations on NSFileManager (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting the default manager
• Directory operations
• File operations
• Getting and comparing file contents
• Determining access to files
• Getting and setting attributes
• Discovering directory contents
• Symbolic-link operations
• Converting file-system representations

Operations on NSFormatter (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Textual representation of cell content
• Object equivalent to textual representation
• Dynamic cell editing

Operations on NSGetCommand (inherits from NSScriptCommand : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

Operations on NSHost (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating an NSHost Object
• Getting Host Names and Addresses
• Comparing NSHost Objects
• Managing the Cache

Operations on NSHTTPCookie (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Create cookie instances
• Convert cookies to request headers
• Getting cookie properties

Operations on NSHTTPCookieStorage (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting the shared cookie storage object
• Getting and setting the cookie accept policy
• Adding and removing cookies

Operations on NSHTTPURLResponse (inherits from NSURLResponse : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Getting HTTP response headers
• Getting response status code

Operations on NSIndexPath (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating Index Paths
• Initializing Index Paths
• Managing Index Paths

Operations on NSIndexSet (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating an Index Set
• Initializing an Index Set
• Querying an Index Set
• Accessing Indexes

Operations on NSIndexSpecifier (inherits from NSScriptObjectSpecifier : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Initializing an Index Specifier
• Accessing the Index Specifier Property

Operations on NSInputStream (inherits from NSStream : NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating input streams
• Initializing input streams
• Working with input streams

Operations on NSInvocation (inherits from NSObject)

Full reference: local, remote.

Method Types:

• Creating instances
• Accessing message elements
• Managing arguments
• Dispatching an invocation
• Getting the method signature