On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Sherm Pendley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:38 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> I am then trying to populate an NSTableView with a filename obtained from a >> NSOpenPanel. The problem is that NSOpenPanel seems to return a NSPathStore2 >> and not an NSString, which seems to be causing problems. > > > How have you determined that it's returning an NSPathStore2 object? What > were the symptoms of the problems you're having, and what led you to believe > that the NSPathStore2 object is causing them? > > The reason I'm asking this is, NSString is a class cluster. If you're more > familiar with Java or C++, you can think of it as a pure virtual class for > the purposes of this discussion, in that you're never going to see an actual > instance of NSString. Every method that's declared as returning an NSString* > actually returns an instance of a subclass of NSString, and this is both > normal and expected. > > So, the fact that you're getting an instance NSPathStore2 instead of > NSString *could* be a symptom of a problem, but it's at least equally likely > that it isn't - hence the need for clarification.
As you've deduced, NSPathStore2 is a subclass of NSString. Getting an instance thereof is perfectly normal. So, to the OP: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain :) -- Clark S. Cox III [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]
