On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Sandro Noel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris.
>
> Thank you for the explaination!!
>
> but it leaves me with a question, where should i use it.
>
> I'm actually adding objects to the array, using addObject message, in the
> model,
> where should i use the mutableArrayValueForKey, and what keyPath should I
> use.
My general strategy for this is to never access the instance variable
directly, except when implementing init, dealloc and the KVC
accessors. All other access (even from other methods of the same
class) uses the proxy returned by mutableArrayValueForKey:. Something
like:
@interface MyClass : NSObject {
NSMutableArray *myObjects;
}
@end
@implementation MyClass
-(id)init {
if(self = [super init]) {
myObjects = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
}
return self;
}
-(void)dealloc {
[myObjects release];
[super dealloc];
}
-(NSUInteger)countOfMyObjects {
return [myObjects count];
}
-(id)objectInMyObjectsAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index {
return [myObjects objectAtIndex: index];
}
-(void)insertObject:(id)object inMyObjectsAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index {
[myObjects insertObject: object atIndex: index];
}
-(void)removeObjectFromMyObjectsAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index {
[myObjects removeObjectAtIndex: index];
}
-(void)doSomething {
NSMutableArray *arrayProxy = [self mutableArrayValueForKey: @"myObjects"];
[arrayProxy addObject: ...];
[arrayProxy removeObjectAtIndex: ...];
//Or any other NSMutableArray calls
}
@end
That way, all edits to the array provide the appropriate notifications
to any observing objects. It also allows me to change the
implementation at a future date, and only have to change the
accessors. The reason that it is safe to access the array directly in
init and dealloc is that another object can't yet be listening at the
time of init (also the reason that your code worked when you initially
filled the array), and by the time of -dealloc, all of the observers
should have stopped their listening.
> the workflow is quite simple, the user selects a file, the controller calls
> my model to load the file in various classes,
> and one of the property of the model is transactions which is a
> MutableArray,
> that array is bound to the array controller, which is in turn providing the
> tableview with data.
>
> I'm new to cocoa... sorry bout that.
> thank you for your help.
--
Clark S. Cox III
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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