On Sep 27, 2011, at 17:51 , Ariel Feinerman wrote:
> So in the case of insertion to m_array, we just have to reset content
> property:
>
> // somewhere in the code
> [self willChangeValueForKey: @"content"];
> [m_array insertObject: url atIndex: 0];
> [self didChangeValueForKey: @"content"];
>
> // in the -observeValue...
>
> [controller setContent: m_array];
>
> well?
No, that's not it. I'm sorry I've confused the issue for you by saying
something wrong earlier.
Let's reset and start again.
1. You have an array (m_array) which you create and maybe populate in advance.
This is the M in MVC.
2. You have an array controller (controller) which you create or maybe
instantiate in a nib file. This is the C in MVC.
3. You have a view, for example a table view whose columns are bound to the
array controller. This is the V in MVC.
With this one-time line of code:
[controller setContent: m_array];
you tell the array controller to *manage* m_array for you. There's no copy
"inside" the array controller. That answers one of your questions.
If you want to add or remove objects from m_array programmatically, then use
the various [NSArrayController addObject…], [NSArrayController removeObject…],
[NSArrayController insertObject…] methods. These method do two things: they
*both* change the underlying array *and* tell the array controller that the
underlying array changed. That answers another of your questions.
So long as you use these methods, if you want to know what objects the array
controller is managing, you can just look at m_array. That answers your last
question.
In this setup, KVO doesn't enter the picture, and I was wrong to say it did.
That's basically the whole story, but I'll add two footnotes:
-- If you need KVO notifications to be sent because *other* objects in your app
need to be notified when things change, you should not use an array *object*
(m_array), but rather an array *property* of some other object (such as a
"myArray" property of your app delegate). In that case, you would likely bind
the array controller to this array property, instead of using setContent, and
everything can then be done KVO-compliantly.
-- If there's no view involved here, there's really no good reason to be using
an array controller at all. I don't think you mentioned a view, so I'm not sure
what to assume.
Is that clear? I think I've said it right now.
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