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Re: NSArrayController Frustration
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Re: NSArrayController Frustration


  • Subject: Re: NSArrayController Frustration
  • From: David Carlisle <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:53:40 -0700

I'll pose a possible answer to my own question.

I probably need to alloc and init both docArray and docArrayController at the same time and do all addObject and removeObject operations for docArray through docArrayController. Then when I open the corresponding NSWindowController, I would pass in the docArrayController and bind the NSTableView to it manually, unbinding it from the TableView when I close the window. That would allow the docArrayController to tell the TableView to update whenever there was a change to docArray.

I would still need to be sure the TableView was updated every time isDocumentEdited changed for any document in docArray, perhaps using a NSValueTransformer to change the BOOL of isDocumentEdited into an "X" for a column of the TableView. This is my first venture into Cocoa Bindings, so I'm not sure if a change in isDocumentEdited within a changing docArray can be observed.

There may also be a problem if I have one thread doing an addObject to docArray while another thread is binding or unbinding the TableView, but I expect i could solve that by putting addObject and bind (or attach window) under the same NSLock.

On Nov 24, 2007, at 6:58 PM, David Carlisle wrote:

I have an NSMutableArray called docArray which is bound with Interface Builder to an NSArrayController (Content Array (File's Owner.docArray)) to which is bound an NSTableView. The File's owner is a subclass of NSWindowController. I am expecting that when I do [docArray addObject:x] that the array controller will observe the change and do a reloadData on the NSTableView. That isn't happening.

I can't just use addObject: from the array controller, because the NSWindowController and its window, etc, will not always be open, and docArray doesn't reside within the NSWindowController.

What do I need to do here?
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