Hi Michael, Thanks for the suggestion. I think you're right. I'll give it a shot. best, wes
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Michael Ash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Wesley Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi list, >> I'm trying to provide a particular windowing interface that combines >> NSWindow and NSPanel. For the most part I'm using a custom subclass >> of NSWindow that adds a decent amount of functionality. Occasionally, >> I want to make use of NSPanel (for the NSUtilityWindowMask style flag) >> and I'd like it to behave exactly as my custom NSWindow subclass does. >> I'm sure there's a way to make this work via some form of >> delegation/message passing so that I don't have to duplicate code and >> can just have messages passed from the NSWindow and NSPanel objects to >> my custom methods, but I'm not really sure how that kind of design >> pattern plays out in Cocoa. Any ideas? suggestions? > > Are you sure you really need an NSWindow subclass? It's pretty > unusual, and when it is needed it's often for minor things like > getting nib-archived windows to use a style mask that IB doesn't let > you choose. > > If you can move your behaviors into a controller class, then it will > be easy to make that controller class work with either an NSWindow or > an NSPanel. Whether this is possible or easy will depend on exactly > what you're doing, of course, but generally that's where this kind of > thing belongs anyway. > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/wesley.hoke%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
