NSBundle Additions

Inherits From: NSObject

Declared In: AppKit/NSImage.h

AppKit/NSNibLoading.h

Class Description

The Application Kit adds these methods to the Foundation Kit's NSBundle class. These methods become part of the class for all applications that use the Application Kit, but not for applications that don't.

Getting the Location of Images in the File System

• - (NSString *)pathForImageResource:(NSString *)name Returns the absolute pathname of the file containing the specified image resource. (The name of the resource is simply the filename without the path of its bundle directory; the filename extension need not be included.)

• + (BOOL)loadNibFile:(NSString *)fileName Unarchives the contents of the nib file whose absolute path externalNameTable:(NSDictionary *)context is fileName. Objects from the nib file are allocated in withZone:(NSZone *)zone the specified zone of memory. The context argument is a name tablea dictionary whose keys are names like NSOwner and whose values are existing objects that can be referenced by the newly unarchived objects. Returns YES upon success. (A nib file is a object archive whose file format is currently implementation specific. A public specification of this file format will be available at a later date.)
• + (BOOL)loadNibNamed:(NSString *)aNibName Similar to loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:, owner:(id)owner but the name table's only element is the specified owner (stored with the key NSOwner). Objects from the nib file are allocated in owner's zone. If there's a bundle for owner's class, this method looks in that bundle for the nib file named aNibName (this argument need not include the .nib extension); otherwise, it looks in the main bundle. (A nib file is a object archive whose file format is currently implementation specific. A public specification of this file format will be available at a later date.)