Hi Kevin, since you said you don't need instance variables, why not do it with a category of AppDelegate or even NSApplication (not sure about this one, just throwing it in)?
Best, Sebastian Am 29.03.2010 um 10:48 schrieb Kevin Bracey: > Hi all, > > This may be a matter of style... > > I have a simple class whose job it is to check if it's a first run and create > all the Folders required such as App Support and Logs, check CFBundleVersion > and if different from the last run update any App Support files and reset any > UserDefaults. That sort of thing. > I know how to do this, but I'm not sure of the best/simplest pattern for > Cocoa. > > My Class has only 1 message and stores no instance data, all the states are > in the UserDefaults. Trash the Preferences .plist and you get a nice fresh > firstrun. > > I currently have ad-hock code in the AppDelegate, duplicated functionality in > quiet a few apps and want to standardise on one way, cutting down on the code > I need to maintain > > 1. Is this the best place to use a Class Message such as +( BOOL > )firstRunError:(NSError **)error; I'm not sure as the main use of Class > Messages seems to be for convenience initialisers or returning singletons. > 2. But the alloc/init/autorelease seems like an over-kill when there is no > properties and one very quick call 99% of the time. > 3. Maybe make it a function, I'm not strong on mixing C and Cocoa source > files and code, if this is the best way it would be great if you can share > some links to documentation or examples. > > I'm happy to read-up on this, but haven't found anything that compares the > different approaches to skinning this cat. Perhaps there's a better trick > that I'm unaware of. > > Thanks for any ideas > Kevin > _______________________________________________ > > 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/sebastianmorsch%40mac.com > > This email sent to sebastianmor...@mac.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
