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Re: NSURLRequest


  • Subject: Re: NSURLRequest
  • From: Ricky Sharp <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:46:17 -0500


On Oct 10, 2009, at 9:36 AM, DKJ wrote:

I've got an NSArray that I initialise with data from a plist stored on a remote webserver. I've been doing it like this:

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.server.com/ data.plist"];
NSArray *myArray = [NSArray arrayWithContentsOfURL:url];


which has been working just fine so far.

But now I'm reading through the "URL Loading System" docs, and wondering if I should be using all the NSURLRequest stuff instead. It's more complicated, so are there any advantages it would have over what I'm doing now?


arrayWithContentsOfURL: is a blocking call. Typically, when working with data over networks, it's best to do things asynchronously.

When going the async route, you're going to get much better error- handling too. The call you're currently using will simply return nil upon any error. You then wouldn't know if the URL is bad, timeout occurred, file is bad, etc.

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