BLIP/BLIPProperties.h
author Jens Alfke <jens@mooseyard.com>
Sun May 25 12:32:47 2008 -0700 (2008-05-25)
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More documentation.
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//  BLIPProperties.h
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//  MYNetwork
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//
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//  Created by Jens Alfke on 5/13/08.
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//  Copyright 2008 Jens Alfke. All rights reserved.
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//
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
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/** A key/value property store, like a set of MIME or RFC822 headers (but without the weird details).
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    It can be written to or read from a block of data; the data is binary, not the textual
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    format that MIME uses. */
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@interface BLIPProperties : NSObject <NSCopying, NSMutableCopying>
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/** Parse properties from a block of data.
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    On success, returns a Properties object and sets *usedLength to the number of bytes of
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    data consumed.
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    If the data doesn't contain the complete properties, returns nil and sets *usedLength to zero.
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    If the properties are syntactically invalid, returns nil and sets *usedLength to a negative number.
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*/
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+ (BLIPProperties*) propertiesWithEncodedData: (NSData*)data
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                                   usedLength: (ssize_t*)usedLength;
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/** Returns an empty autoreleased instance. */
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+ (BLIPProperties*) properties;
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/** Property value lookup. (Case-sensitive, like NSDictionary, but unlike RFC822.) */
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- (NSString*) valueOfProperty: (NSString*)prop;
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/** Returns all the properties/values as a dictionary. */
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@property (readonly) NSDictionary* allProperties;
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/** The number of properties. */
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@property (readonly) NSUInteger count;
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/** The raw data representation of the properties. */
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@property (readonly) NSData *encodedData;
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@end
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/** Mutable subclass of BLIPProperties, used for creating new instances. */
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@interface BLIPMutableProperties : BLIPProperties
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{
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    NSMutableDictionary *_properties;
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}
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/** Initializes a new instance, adding all the key/value pairs from the given NSDictionary. */
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- (id) initWithDictionary: (NSDictionary*)dict;
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/** Sets the value of a property. A nil value is allowed, and removes the property. */
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- (void) setValue: (NSString*)value ofProperty: (NSString*)prop;
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/** Sets the receiver's key/value pairs from the given NSDictionary.
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    All previously existing properties are removed first. */
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- (void) setAllProperties: (NSDictionary*)properties;
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@end