On 14 Feb 2014, at 20:32, Antonio Nunes <devli...@sintraworks.com> wrote:
> On 14 Feb 2014, at 15:09, jonat...@mugginsoft.com wrote: > >> PDFPage has two declared initialiser methods: >> >> - init >> - InitWithImage:(NSImage *)image >> >> When creating a PDFDocument with -initWithURL: neither of the above are >> called on my PDFPage subclass. >> >> A bit of digging reveals that what is called is the undocumented: >> >> - (id)initWithPageRef:(id)pageRef >> >> This seems peculiar. Will defining an override on -initWithPageRef: count as >> the use of private API? >> >> I suspect that this is just an oversight in the header. > > I would be highly surprised if using that method would not be considered use > of private API. The two public init methods are useful when you want to > create pages yourself. When opening a PDF document you’ll have to resort to > other options to perform custom setup of pages. Is there a particular reason > that you really need to be active during the init process? Being active during the init stage is just the norm. I personally haven’t encountered any other appkit class that doesn’t call a public initialiser as part of its initialisation. Perhaps it is more common than I presume. > I find that I can do whatever I need by iterating through a document’s pages > shortly after loading the document. You could declare a method on your > subclass, say “finishSetup”, and then call that on each page as you iterate > throughout the pages once you have obtained the document from initWithURL:. > I think that I will override -initWithURL: in my PDFDocument subclass and do a manual initialisation there. Thanks Jonathan _______________________________________________ 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
