Sorry I should have said a little more about my context. I'm looking at the object passed to the delegate method -control:isValidObject: Documentation states: "In validating, the delegate should check the value in the object parameter…" I am however unable to assess the value since it is being rep'd by an impenetrable class clustered object.
~ Erik On 2012-07-17, at 5:11 PM, David Duncan <david.dun...@apple.com> wrote: > On Jul 17, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Erik Stainsby <erik.stain...@roaringsky.ca> > wrote: > >> I'm working with the text from a multiline NSTextField. When it arrives in >> the delegate it is represented in an NSBigMutableString. Casting this to a >> NSAttributedString seems to have no effect on the actual class being used by >> the NSString cluster. >> >> I can't seem to find any documentation on NSBigMutableString. >> >> Can someone with deep experience tell me if I can _safely_ assume that NSBMS >> will respect all of NSAttributedString's method calls ? >> >> Also if I have a convenience function in a category, should I rewrite it as >> a category on NSString ? Or directly on the NSBMS, which seems to be a >> hidden class? Writing a category on a hidden class just doesn't feel right. > > > Your assuming you should care that it is an NSBigMutableString in the first > place. From what I can see, the delegates all declare that you are receiving > an NSString, and as such you should be treating the value you get as an > NSString. > -- > David Duncan > _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
