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# Copyright 2014 Alexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>
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# The Foundation Kit provides basic Objective-C classes and structures
module foundation is ldflags "-framework Foundation"

in "ObjC Header" `{
	#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
`}

# Base of the Foundation framework class hierarchy
extern class NSObject in "ObjC" `{ NSObject * `}
end

# String of the Foundation Kit
#
# Created using `Text::to_nsstring`.
extern class NSString in "ObjC" `{ NSString * `}
	super NSObject
end

redef class NativeString
	# Get a `NSString` from `self` with the specified `length`
	fun to_nsstring(length: Int): NSString in "ObjC" `{
		return [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:recv
			length:length
			encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
	`}
end

redef class Text
	# Get a `NSString` from `self`
	fun to_nsstring: NSString do return to_cstring.to_nsstring(length)
end