I'm writing because I'm trying to use a tree (more specifically an
NSTreeController because it's the only tree class provided by Apple)
for the task of holding categories for an Amazon.com "browse" items
search (through their web service), but I'm really not finding it up
to the task: The methods provided just don't seem up to par with
their Java counterparts, which are what I've used before when I've
programatically manipulated trees. I assume (and please, please
correct me if I'm wrong) that this is because NSTreeController is
designed more with bindings in mind than with programmatic
manipulation in mind, but right now I'm trying to use it mainly as an
internal data structure that the user will probably never see, and
it's presenting me with all kinds of obstacles: Seemingly-basic
tasks having to do with adding a child to an object in the tree are
turning into marathons because since NSTreeController doesn't have a
containsObject method, nor a method to find out the indexPath for an
object, I'm having to keep a whole separate NSMutableArray just of
index paths, and iterate through that array every time I want to add
something to the tree -- it's ridiculous. I guess I could use Core
Data, but it seems like a lot just for something that would really
only have two attributes -- and strings, at that. Does anything know
of a better way to do this; a third-party library; anything? I mean,
the methods just aren't there...
Thanks,
Sam
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