Cocoa in a Nutshell

Name

NSBundle — Mac OS X 10.0

Synopsis

This class represents directories in the filesystem that contain executable binaries, and any resources needed by the executable, such as images, sounds, or nibs. For more information about NSBundle, see Chapter 2.

@interface NSBundle : NSObject

// Convenience Constructors

+ (NSBundle *)bundleForClass:(Class)aClass;

+ (NSBundle *)bundleWithIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier;

+ (NSBundle *)bundleWithPath:(NSString *)path;

// Initializers

- (id)initWithPath:(NSString *)path;

// Class Methods

+ (NSArray *)allBundles;

+ (NSArray *)allFrameworks;

+ (BOOL)loadNibFile:(NSString *)fileName externalNameTable:(NSDictionary *)context withZone:(NSZone *)zone;

+ (BOOL)loadNibNamed:(NSString *)nibName owner:(id)owner;

+ (NSBundle *)mainBundle;

+ (NSString *)pathForResource:(NSString *)name ofType:(NSString *)ext inDirectory:(NSString *)path;

+ (NSArray *)pathsForResourcesOfType:(NSString *)ext inDirectory:(NSString *)subpath;

+ (NSArray *)preferredLocalizationsFromArray:(NSArray *)localizationsArray;

+ (NSArray *)preferredLocalizationsFromArray:(NSArray *)localizationsArray forPreferences:(NSArray *)preferencesArray;

// Instance Methods

- (NSString *)builtInPlugInsPath;

- (NSString *)bundleIdentifier;

- (NSString *)bundlePath;

- (Class)classNamed:(NSString *)className;

- (NSAttributedString *)contextHelpForKey ...