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Attributed Strings Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use attributed strings, which manage attributes of character strings or individual characters.
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Data Management |
Guides |
2007-06-04
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Binary Data Programming Guide for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to create and use Core Foundation data objects, object-oriented wrappers for byte buffers.
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Data Management |
Guides |
2006-01-10
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Byte-Order Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes Core Foundation byte-order functions.
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Data Management |
Reference |
2006-05-23
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CFAttributedString Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an immutable character string and its associated attributes.
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Data Management |
Reference |
2009-05-06
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CFMutableAttributedString Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a mutable character string and associated set of attributes.
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Data Management |
Reference |
2009-05-06
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CFPreferences
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use the CFPreferences APIs to access user preferences.
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Data Management |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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CFPrefsDumper
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use the CFPreferences APIs to access information about the current user preferences.
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Data Management |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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CFPrefTopScores
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
How to access globally shared (writable) user preferences without requiring authentication.
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Data Management |
Sample Code |
2006-10-09
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CFStringTokenizer Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an opaque type for breaking a string into tokens.
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Data Management |
Reference |
2009-01-06
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CFXML to CFPropertyListRef (and back!)
(HTML)
( )
QA1208: Describes to how save and restore a CFPropertyListRef to and from an XML file.
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Data Management |
Technical Q&As |
2003-08-29
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Collections Programming Topics for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to group objects in arrays, sets, or dictionaries in Core Foundation.
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Data Management |
Guides |
2003-08-07
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Data Formatting Guide for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use Core Foundation formatters to create and validate text in text fields and other cells.
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Data Management |
Guides |
2006-12-21
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Dates and Times Programming Guide for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to manage Core Foundation dates and times.
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Data Management |
Guides |
2005-08-11
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IdentitySample
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
IdentitySample builds a utility which demonstrates how to use the CoreServices Identity API to manage system-wide identities
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Data Management |
Sample Code |
2006-07-27
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ManagedObjectDataFormatter
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
A Data Formatter for Xcode 2.0 and 2.1 that displays NSManagedObject * variables.
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Data Management |
Sample Code |
2005-06-01
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MoreIsBetter
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
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Data Management |
Sample Code |
2003-10-27
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Preferences Programming Topics for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to manage Core Foundation user preferences.
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Data Management |
Guides |
2006-10-03
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Programmatically Performing an Open Directory Search
(HTML)
QA1462: A short guide on how to programmatically search Open Directory for matching attribute values within records.
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Data Management |
Technical Q&As |
2006-09-11
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Property List Programming Topics for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use structured, textual representations of data in Core Foundation.
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Data Management |
Guides |
2006-02-07
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RecentItems
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Implements "Recent items" menu(s)
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Data Management |
Sample Code |
2006-10-09
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Setting environment variables for user processes
(HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
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Data Management |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-25
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Strings Programming Guide for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to create, manipulate, and search strings in Core Foundation, and how strings interact with encodings and character sets.
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Data Management |
Guides |
2008-03-11
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XML Programming Topics for Core Foundation
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to parse XML documents into structured objects.
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Data Management |
Guides |
2008-10-15
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CFBundleIdentifier and user application access
(HTML)
QA1373: Describes the role of CFBundleIdentifier in limiting a user's application access.
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Design Guidelines |
Technical Q&As |
2005-02-08
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CFPreferences
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use the CFPreferences APIs to access user preferences.
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Design Guidelines |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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CFPrefsDumper
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Shows how to use the CFPreferences APIs to access information about the current user preferences.
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Design Guidelines |
Sample Code |
2003-01-14
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CFPrefTopScores
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
How to access globally shared (writable) user preferences without requiring authentication.
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Design Guidelines |
Sample Code |
2006-10-09
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Core Foundation Design Concepts
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains the fundamental design concepts that underlie all Core Foundation programming interfaces.
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Design Guidelines |
Guides |
2005-08-11
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CoreFoundation Framework Release Notes
(HTML)
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Design Guidelines |
Release Notes |
2007-10-31
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Creating Cross-Platform Applications with Core Foundation and Open Source
(HTML)
Learn how to import and export data types across a range of platforms using CF-Lite.
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Design Guidelines |
Articles |
2005-04-11
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Designing Network-Friendly Applications
(HTML)
Learn to make your application management-aware and reliably accessible on a network.
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Design Guidelines |
Articles |
2005-10-24
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Locales Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to use locales to retrieve, interpret, and display localized information in Core Foundation.
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Design Guidelines |
Guides |
2008-10-15
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Setting environment variables for user processes
(HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
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Design Guidelines |
Technical Q&As |
2001-10-25
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Spotlight Overview
(HTML)
(PDF)
Introduces the main components and services of Apple's metadata technology.
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Design Guidelines |
Guides |
2007-05-27
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Xcode Unit Testing Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how to incorporate test cases to validate individual units of source code.
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Design Guidelines |
Guides |
2008-05-02
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BSDLLCTest
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Program sample demonstrates how to send and receive raw LLC Ethernet packets.
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Events & Other Input |
Sample Code |
2003-06-12
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CFError Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a representation of a runtime error.
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Events & Other Input |
Reference |
2006-07-12
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CFXML to CFPropertyListRef (and back!)
(HTML)
()
QA1208: Describes to how save and restore a CFPropertyListRef to and from an XML file.
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Events & Other Input |
Technical Q&As |
2003-08-29
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EventMonitorTest
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Receive notification of all keyboard, mouse, and tablet events passed to other processes.
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Events & Other Input |
Sample Code |
2005-11-09
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Frequently Asked Text Services Manager (TSM) Questions
(HTML)
TN2128: Regroups a collection of Text Services Manager (TSM) questions frequently asked by Input Method Developers
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Events & Other Input |
Technical Notes |
2005-06-24
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Power Management; Policy Maker vs. Power Controller
(HTML)
()
QA1121: Describes the differences between a Power Management Policy Maker and a Power Management Power Controller.
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Events & Other Input |
Technical Q&As |
2002-02-13
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Programmatically causing restart, shutdown and/or logout
(HTML)
()
QA1134: Describes how to programmatically cause restart, shutdown, sleep or logout.
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Events & Other Input |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-24
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Using Secure Event Input Fairly
(HTML)
TN2150: Describes the proper use of EnableSecureEventInput.
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Events & Other Input |
Technical Notes |
2007-06-08
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Watcher
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses FSEvents to monitor a directory hierarchy to keep track of its total size
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Events & Other Input |
Sample Code |
2006-08-04
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CFFileDescriptor Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an object for monitoring file descriptors for read and write activity.
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File Management |
Reference |
2007-05-23
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CFPrefTopScores
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
How to access globally shared (writable) user preferences without requiring authentication.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2006-10-09
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CheckExecutableArchitecture
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Determine whether a particular Mach-O executable contains a version suitable for executing on a given processor architecture.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2006-02-07
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DisplayURL
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Parses a passed in path URL into its various components displaying server information.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2005-10-04
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Expanding Tilde-based paths
(HTML)
QA1549: Demonstrates how to resolve tilde-based relevant paths.
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File Management |
Technical Q&As |
2008-09-08
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File System Events Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Explains how applications can detect changes in the file system.
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File Management |
Guides |
2008-03-11
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FileNotification
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
kqueue file notification introduced in 10.3. Notification API to detect file system modifications.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2005-10-27
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filesystem_examples
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Collection of command line tools illustrating filesystem features.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2006-01-10
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FSCopyObject
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Copy engine for copying files and directories.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2004-03-19
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FSEvents Reference
(HTML)
Describes the API used to provide lightweight notification of directory changes in a file-system subtree.
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File Management |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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FSMegaInfo
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Prints information about various file system objects; helpful when debugging VFS plug-ins.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2008-02-25
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MoreIsBetter
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Library providing indispensable wrapers and workarounds for many areas of Mac OS programming.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2003-10-27
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Spotlight
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Sample code that shows how to write Spotlight Importers.
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2005-06-01
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Spotlight Importer Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the role of metadata importers and how to write them.
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File Management |
Guides |
2007-05-27
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Spotlight Metadata Attributes Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes metadata attributes used with Spotlight.
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File Management |
Reference |
2007-05-22
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Spotlight Query Programming Guide
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes how to add Spotlight searching to your applications.
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File Management |
Guides |
2006-03-08
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Tiger Develop Overview Series: Working with Spotlight
(HTML)
Learn to make the most of Spotlight's powerful search technologies within your own applications.
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File Management |
Articles |
2004-10-07
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Watcher
(HTML)
(DMG)
(ZIP)
Uses FSEvents to monitor a directory hierarchy to keep track of its total size
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File Management |
Sample Code |
2006-08-04
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Base Utilities Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes basic Core Foundation functions.
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General |
Reference |
2007-01-15
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CFAllocator Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an object for managing memory allocation.
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General |
Reference |
2006-12-08
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CFArray Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an immutable ordered collection.
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General |
Reference |
2007-05-22
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CFBag Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an immutable unordered collection that may contain duplicate values.
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General |
Reference |
2007-05-22
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CFBinaryHeap Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a collection sorted using a binary search algorithm.
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General |
Reference |
2006-01-10
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CFBitVector Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an immutable ordered collection containing bit values.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFBoolean Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a Boolean value.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFBundle Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a representation of a resource directory hierarchy.
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General |
Reference |
2007-10-18
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CFCharacterSet Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an immutable character string.
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General |
Reference |
2006-12-01
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CFData Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an immutable byte buffer.
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General |
Reference |
2006-02-07
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CFDate Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a date and time.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFDateFormatter Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a date and time formatter.
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General |
Reference |
2007-05-23
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CFDictionary Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an immutable collection of key-value pairs.
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General |
Reference |
2007-10-31
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CFLocale Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a representation of a locale.
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General |
Reference |
2007-05-23
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CFMachPort Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a wrapper for a native mach port.
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General |
Reference |
2008-04-08
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CFMessagePort Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a communications channel that can locally transmit data between threads or processes.
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General |
Reference |
2007-03-20
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CFMutableArray Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an immutable ordered collection.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFMutableBag Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a mutable unordered collection that may contain duplicate values.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFMutableBitVector Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a mutable ordered collection containing bit values.
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General |
Reference |
2006-02-07
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CFMutableCharacterSet Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a mutable set of Unicode characters.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFMutableData Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a mutable byte buffer.
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General |
Reference |
2007-03-07
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CFMutableDictionary Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a mutable collection of key-value pairs.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFMutableSet Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a mutable unordered collection of distinct values.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFMutableString Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a mutable character string.
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General |
Reference |
2008-10-15
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CFNotificationCenter Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an object that sends notifications to registered observers.
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General |
Reference |
2007-01-22
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CFNull Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an object that represents null.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFNumber Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a number.
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General |
Reference |
2006-12-01
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CFNumberFormatter Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a number formatter.
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General |
Reference |
2007-05-23
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CFPlugIn Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a plug-in.
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General |
Reference |
2006-02-07
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CFPlugInInstance Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a deprecated technology replaced by the CFPlugin opaque type.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFPropertyList Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a runtime representation of a property list.
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General |
Reference |
2006-02-07
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CFReadStream Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an interface for reading a byte stream.
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General |
Reference |
2007-05-03
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CFRunLoop Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an object that manages input sources for a task.
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General |
Reference |
2006-12-08
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CFRunLoopObserver Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a means to receive callbacks at specific points during a run loop's execution.
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General |
Reference |
2006-02-07
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CFRunLoopSource Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes the source for a run loop.
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General |
Reference |
2006-02-07
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CFRunLoopTimer Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a timer associated with a run loop.
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General |
Reference |
2006-02-07
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CFSet Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes an immutable unordered collection of distinct values.
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General |
Reference |
2005-12-06
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CFSocket Reference
(HTML)
(PDF)
Describes a network communications channel.
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General |
Reference |
2008-10-15
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