NSMetadataItem Class Reference

Inherits from	NSObject
Conforms to	NSObject (NSObject)
Framework	/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework
Availability	Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.
Declared in	NSMetadata.h
Companion guides	Spotlight Query Programming Guide Spotlight Metadata Attributes Reference
Related sample code	CoreRecipes iSpend PredicateEditorSample

Overview

The NSMetadataItem class represents the metadata associated with a file, providing a simple interface to retrieve the available attribute names and values.

Adopted Protocols

NSCopying

copyWithZone:

Tasks

Getting Item Attributes

Instance Methods

attributes

Returns an array containing the attribute names of the receiver’s values.

- (NSArray *)attributes

Return Value

An array containing the attribute names of the receiver’s values.

Availability

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared In

NSMetadata.h

valueForAttribute:

Returns the receiver’s metadata attribute name specified by a given key.

- (id)valueForAttribute:(NSString *)key

Parameters

key: The name of a metadata attribute.

Return Value

The receiver’s metadata attribute name specified by key.

Availability

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Related Sample Code

Declared In

NSMetadata.h

valuesForAttributes:

Returns a dictionary containing the key-value pairs for the attribute names specified by a given array of keys.

- (NSDictionary *)valuesForAttributes:(NSArray *)keys

Parameters

keys: An array containing NSString objects that specify the names of a metadata attributes.

Return Value

A dictionary containing the key-value pairs for the attribute names specified by keys.

Availability

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Declared In

NSMetadata.h

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