lib/cocoa/foundation.nit

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   3 # Copyright 2014 Alexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>
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  16
  17 # The Foundation Kit provides basic Objective-C classes and structures
  18 module foundation is ldflags "-framework Foundation"
  19
  20 in "ObjC Header" `{
  21         #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
  22 `}
  23
  24 # Base of the Foundation framework class hierarchy
  25 extern class NSObject in "ObjC" `{ NSObject * `}
  26 end
  27
  28 # String of the Foundation Kit
  29 #
  30 # Created using `Text::to_nsstring`.
  31 extern class NSString in "ObjC" `{ NSString * `}
  32         super NSObject
  33 end
  34
  35 redef class NativeString
  36         # Get a `NSString` from `self` with the specified `length`
  37         fun to_nsstring(length: Int): NSString in "ObjC" `{
  38                 return [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:recv
  39                         length:length
  40                         encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
  41         `}
  42 end
  43
  44 redef class Text
  45         # Get a `NSString` from `self`
  46         fun to_nsstring: NSString do return to_cstring.to_nsstring(length)
  47 end