I am trying to understand the behavior of an NSNumber bound to an
NSTextField. It seems that an NSNumber isn't always and NSNumber.
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SET UP
I have a class with an NSNumber* bound to an NSTextField via an Object
Controller
NSNumber* <---> NSObjectController <---> NSTextField
Accessors to the NSNumber* are created via
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber* myNum;
The object is initialized as
myNum = [[NSNumber alloc] initWithInt: 5];
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BEHAVIOR
Then I have an action method to query some aspects of myNum. Before
changing the number in the NSTextField I get the following:
myNum is NOT a member if NSNumber
myNum IS a kind of NSNumber
myNum responds to intValue
myNum responds to unsignedLongValue
After changing the value in the NSTextField to say 3, I get the
following results from querying myNum:
myNum is NOT a member if NSNumber
myNum is NOT a kind of NSNumber
myNum responds to intValue
myNum does NOT responds to unsignedLongValue
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QUESTIONS:
(1) Why does [myNum isMemberOfClass:[NSNumber class]] return NO when
I explicitly did an [NSNumber alloc]?
(2) [myNum isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]] returns YES, so what type
of subclasses are there to NSNumber?
(3) After changing the value in the text field, myNum is neither an
NSNumber of even a kind of NSNumber. What is it?
(4) I guess the answer to 3 might explain this, but after the number
is changed, why does myNum still respond to intValue but *not*
unsignedLongValue?
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NOTE:
By applying an NSNumberFormatter to the NSTextField, the object
always is "a kind of" NSNumber and always responds to both "intValue"
and "unsignedLongValue". So I guess the lesson is: If you are going to
have a GUI NSTextField represent an NSNumber, you should put an
NSNumberFormatter on it.
Any insights would be appreciated,
Todd
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