libs-base/Headers/Foundation/NSPointerArray.h
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/**Interface for NSPointerArray for GNUStep
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by: Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
Date: 2009
This file is part of the GNUstep Base Library.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02111 USA.
*/
#ifndef __NSPointerArray_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE
#define __NSPointerArray_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE
#import <Foundation/NSObject.h>
#import <Foundation/NSArray.h>
#import <Foundation/NSPointerFunctions.h>
#if OS_API_VERSION(100500, GS_API_LATEST)
#if defined(__cplusplus)
extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* An NSPointerArray acts like a standard mutable array except that it
* can contain nil and even non-object values.<br />
* The count can also be set causing the array to shrink (discarding items)
* or grow (adding nil/zero items).
*/
@interface NSPointerArray : NSObject <NSCopying, NSCoding>
/** Allocate an instance, initialise using initWithOptions: and
* return it autoreleased.
*/
+ (id) pointerArrayWithOptions: (NSPointerFunctionsOptions)options;
/** Allocate an instance, initialise using initWithPointerFunctions: and
* return it autoreleased.
*/
+ (id) pointerArrayWithPointerFunctions: (NSPointerFunctions *)functions;
/** Removes all nil/zero items from the array.
*/
- (void) compact; // eliminate NULLs
/** Returns the number of items in the array.
*/
- (NSUInteger) count;
/** Initialises the receiver with the spefieifd options.
*/
- (id) initWithOptions: (NSPointerFunctionsOptions)options;
/** Initialises the receiver using the supplied object.
*/
- (id) initWithPointerFunctions: (NSPointerFunctions*)functions;
/** Adds an item at the end of the array.
*/
- (void) addPointer: (void*)pointer;
/** Inserts an item at the specified index causing all higher indexed
* items to be adjusted upwards.<br />
* WARNING ... the Apple documented (and implemented in MacOS-X 10.5)
* behavior is to raise an exception if index is the same as the count of
* items in the array. This is insane ... for arrays, data and strings you
* can insert at the end of an object to append to it, so the behavior of
* this class in MacOS is inconsistent and must be considered buggy.
*/
- (void) insertPointer: (void*)pointer atIndex: (NSUInteger)index;
/** Returns the item at the given index or raises an exception if index
* is out of range.
*/
- (void*) pointerAtIndex: (NSUInteger)index;
/** Returns an autorelease NSPointerFunctions instance giving the
* functions in use by the receiver.
*/
- (NSPointerFunctions*) pointerFunctions;
/** Removes the item at the specified index, adjusting the positions of
* all higher indexed items.
*/
- (void) removePointerAtIndex: (NSUInteger)index;
/* Replaces the item at the specified index. The index must be less than
* the current count or an exception is raised.
*/
- (void) replacePointerAtIndex: (NSUInteger)index withPointer: (void*)item;
/** Sets the number of items in the receiver. Adds nil/zero items to pad
* the end of the array, or removes extraneous items from the end.
*/
- (void) setCount: (NSUInteger)count;
@end
@interface NSPointerArray (NSArrayConveniences)
/** Creates an instance configured to hold objects and prevent them from
* being garbage collected.
*/
+ (id) pointerArrayWithStrongObjects;
/** Creates an instance configured to hold objects, allowing them to be
* garbage collected and replaced by nil if/when they are collected.
*/
+ (id) pointerArrayWithWeakObjects;
/** Returns an array containing all the non-nil objects from the receiver.
*/
- (NSArray*) allObjects;
@end
#if defined(__cplusplus)
}
#endif
#endif
#endif