On Oct 10, 2009, at 9:36 AM, DKJ wrote:
I've got an NSArray that I initialise with data from a plist stored
on a remote webserver. I've been doing it like this:
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.server.com/
data.plist"];
NSArray *myArray = [NSArray arrayWithContentsOfURL:url];
which has been working just fine so far.
But now I'm reading through the "URL Loading System" docs, and
wondering if I should be using all the NSURLRequest stuff instead.
It's more complicated, so are there any advantages it would have
over what I'm doing now?
arrayWithContentsOfURL: is a blocking call. Typically, when working
with data over networks, it's best to do things asynchronously.
When going the async route, you're going to get much better error-
handling too. The call you're currently using will simply return nil
upon any error. You then wouldn't know if the URL is bad, timeout
occurred, file is bad, etc.
___________________________________________________________
Ricky A. Sharp mailto:[email protected]
Instant Interactive(tm) http://www.instantinteractive.com
_______________________________________________
Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected])
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]
