initWithWindow: is the designated initializer which is why the template has it vs one other of the init methods, but it doesn't mean you have to use it. It's not there to tell you that you need to call it, it's there so you can add initialization-time code as needed.
The easiest thing to do to get a window controller to load from a nib automatically is just implement -windowNibName. (In 10.10 you won't need to even bother if the xib is named the same as the class.) Nothing magical going on. You (as an example) call alloc] init], it calls initWithWindow: passing nil (because it's the designated initializer). You ask for the wc's window at some point, it realizes it doesn't have one, sees windowNibName, loads from the nib, and calls windowDidLoad. Baddabing badda boom. -- Seth Willits On Jun 7, 2014, at 12:24 PM, William Squires <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, if I create a new NSWindowController subclass (and tell Xcode to > generate the .xib as well), it gives me simple (too simple, I think) template > code, whose init... method takes an NSWindow reference. Where does this come > from (the reference)? > > • Is the code instantiating the custom NSWindowController subclass supposed > to allocate the NSWindow reference, and - if so - how? I thought the > controller was supposed to mediate interactions between the UI and any models > or other controllers, according to MVC; other code shouldn't have to worry > about how or where the window comes from. > • Or is this one of those "magical" things that's automatically hooked up > when the .xib gets unarchived? If so, how, since I would think the controller > would have to load the .xib first, and the template code simply contains no > reference to loading (any) xib! > > Unfortunately, all my "program in MacOS X...." books are really out-of-date; > what with all the publishers focusing on either Android or iOS these days... > :( (a look about in Barnes & Noble the other day revealed NO books on OS X > programming.) > Could someone on this list please help me understand how a window, and its > controller, are supposed to be loaded/instantiated/unarchived (that's not in > the MainMenu.xib, but in a separate set of files (the header, implementation, > and xib, all related by the class name)? > > P.S. This is with Xcode 5.1.1 on MacOS X 10.8, compiling for MacOS X 64 bit, > 10.7 SDK. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) 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 [email protected]
