> On 11 Aug 2014, at 05:53, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de> wrote: > > > On 11 Aug 2014, at 15:43, Bavarious <bavari...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> On 11 Aug 2014, at 05:35, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de> wrote: >>> >>> I am trying to convert: >>> NSString * helperName = @"de.mdenkmann.Xpc-Exchange”; >>> CFDictionaryRef diref = SMJobCopyDictionary( kSMDomainSystemLaunchd, >>> (__bridge CFStringRef)helperName ); >>> NSDictionary *jobDict = (NSDictionary *)CFBridgingRelease(diref); >>> if ( jobDict == nil ) need to start the helper >>> >>> to Swift: >>> let name = xpcServiceName! >>> let diref = SMJobCopyDictionary( kSMDomainSystemLaunchd, name ) >>> but get an error for name: "'NSString' is not a subtype of 'CFString'" >>> >>> let cref = CFString(name) → error: 'CFString' cannot be constructed >>> because it has no accessible initializers >>> >>> How to get a CFString? >> >> >> >> let cfname = name as CFString >> >> should work. > > You are right: it should work. > But > let cref = name as CFString > again created the error: 'NSString' is not a subtype of 'CFString' > > Xcode 6 beta 5
What is the type of xpcServiceName? If it’s a Swift string, you need to go through NSString first. If it’s an NSString, just as CFString should work. I get no compiler errors with this code: import Foundation let s = "string" let nss = s as NSString let cfs1 = s as NSString as CFString let cfs2 = nss as CFString _______________________________________________ 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
