Hierarchical defaults in NSUserDefaults?
Hierarchical defaults in NSUserDefaults?
- Subject: Hierarchical defaults in NSUserDefaults?
- From: Greg Best <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:21:13 -0700
I've been searching the web for an answer to this, and maybe I'm just
not using the right search terms...
I'd prefer not to put all of my defaults into the root level of my
preferences file-- it saves me encoding namespaces into the default's
key, and hopefully will allow me to pull a dictionary from the
defaults database to hand to an initializer in one chunk. I can't
get it to bind properly though.
Stripping it down to a basic example, I've got my app delegate with
the following code:
#import "appDel.h"
@implementation appDel
+(void)initialize
{
NSUserDefaults* appDefaults=[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSMutableDictionary* myDefaults=[NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[myDefaults setValue:[NSMutableDictionary dictionary]
forKey:@"testPath"];
[myDefaults setValue:[NSMutableDictionary dictionary]
forKeyPath:@"testPath.blah"];
[myDefaults setValue:@"3.14" forKeyPath:@"testPath.blah.pi"];
[appDefaults registerDefaults:myDefaults];
//check dictionary structure
[myDefaults writeToFile:[@"~/test.plist"
stringByExpandingTildeInPath] atomically:true];
}
@end
In the main window in the nib file, I have a single text box bound to
Shared User Defaults, controller key is "values", and model key path
is "testPath.blah.pi".
When I run, the test.plist file I create in the initialize method is
what I'd expect-- it's a plist file containing a dictionary called
"testPath", containing a dictionary called "blah" containing a string
called "pi" equal to "3.14".
Problem is my text box comes up blank. When I enter a value, that
value is retained, but my "com.yourcompany.defaultsTest.plist"
preferences file contains only a string called "testPath.blah.pi"
which is equal to whatever I put in that text box.
Why isn't my Model Key Path being parsed into it's component
elements, and how do I convince the controller to do so?
Thanks--
Greg
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