Assuming your cstring is null-terminated, you can use [NSString stringWithUTF8String]
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Alexander Bokovikov <openwo...@uralweb.ru>wrote: > Hi, All, > > This is my first attempt to deal with Cocoa container class, so I have some > unclear points. I've found one of many tutorials here: > > http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?NSTableViewDataSource > > where it is said, among other, that NSTableView items may be filled out > like this: > > - (id)tableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView > objectValueForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)aTableColumn > row:(int)rowIndex { > > return [[myTableViewArray objectAtIndex: rowIndex] > objectForKey:[aTableColumn identifier]] > > } > > My specifics is that the data (strings) are delivered by an external > procedure, located out of ObjC stuff, and returning C-style strings. My > table has only one column. My question is, as usual, about memory manager: > May I write something like this: > > exern void getString(int row, char *s, int *len); > > - (id)tableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView > objectValueForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)aTableColumn > row:(int)rowIndex { > > char buf[255]; > int len; > > getString(rowIndex, buf, &len); > return [NSString stringWithCString:buf length:len > encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]; > > } > > I.e. is it possible to return a NSString without its preliminary retaining? > Or should I add [... retain] to the returning string? > > All examples operate by some values, stored in retained structures, like > NSArray. Here my question originates from. > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > > 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/kthemank%40gmail.com > > This email sent to kthem...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
