Foundation Functions Reference

Framework Foundation/Foundation.h Declared in NSBundle.h
NSByteOrder.h
NSDecimal.h
NSException.h
NSObjCRuntime.h
NSObject.h
NSPathUtilities.h
NSRange.h
NSZone.h

Overview

This chapter describes the functions and function-like macros defined in the Foundation Framework.

Functions by Task

Assertions

For additional information about Assertions, see Assertions and Logging Programming Guide.

• NSAssert
• NSAssert1
• NSAssert2
• NSAssert3
• NSAssert4
• NSAssert5
• NSCAssert
• NSCAssert1
• NSCAssert2
• NSCAssert3
• NSCAssert4
• NSCAssert5
• NSCParameterAssert
• NSParameterAssert
  

  Bundles

  For additional information on generating strings files see “Using Strings Files for User-Facing Text” in Internationalization Programming Topics.

  • NSLocalizedString
  • NSLocalizedStringFromTable
  • NSLocalizedStringFromTableInBundle
  • NSLocalizedStringWithDefaultValue
    

    Byte Ordering

    • NSConvertHostDoubleToSwapped
    • NSConvertHostFloatToSwapped
    • NSConvertSwappedDoubleToHost
    • NSConvertSwappedFloatToHost
    • NSHostByteOrder
    • NSSwapBigDoubleToHost
    • NSSwapBigFloatToHost
    • NSSwapBigIntToHost
    • NSSwapBigLongLongToHost
    • NSSwapBigLongToHost
    • NSSwapBigShortToHost
    • NSSwapDouble
    • NSSwapFloat
    • NSSwapHostDoubleToBig
    • NSSwapHostDoubleToLittle
    • NSSwapHostFloatToBig
    • NSSwapHostFloatToLittle
    • NSSwapHostIntToBig
    • NSSwapHostIntToLittle
    • NSSwapHostLongLongToBig
    • NSSwapHostLongLongToLittle
    • NSSwapHostLongToBig
    • NSSwapHostLongToLittle
    • NSSwapHostShortToBig
    • NSSwapHostShortToLittle
    • NSSwapInt
    • NSSwapLittleDoubleToHost
    • NSSwapLittleFloatToHost
    • NSSwapLittleIntToHost
    • NSSwapLittleLongLongToHost
    • NSSwapLittleLongToHost
    • NSSwapLittleShortToHost
    • NSSwapLong
    • NSSwapLongLong
    • NSSwapShort
      

      Decimals

      You can also use the class NSDecimalNumber for decimal arithmetic.

      • NSDecimalAdd
      • NSDecimalCompact
      • NSDecimalCompare
      • NSDecimalCopy
      • NSDecimalDivide
      • NSDecimalIsNotANumber
      • NSDecimalMultiply
      • NSDecimalMultiplyByPowerOf10
      • NSDecimalNormalize
      • NSDecimalPower
      • NSDecimalRound
      • NSDecimalString
      • NSDecimalSubtract
        

        Exception Handling

        You can find the following macros implemented in NSException.h. They are obsolete and should not be used. See Exception Programming Topics for information on how to handle exceptions.

        • NS_DURING
        • NS_ENDHANDLER
        • NS_HANDLER
        • NS_VALUERETURN
        • NS_VOIDRETURN
          

          Managing Object Allocation and Deallocation

          • NSAllocateObject
          • NSCopyObject
          • NSDeallocateObject
          • NSDecrementExtraRefCountWasZero
          • NSExtraRefCount
          • NSIncrementExtraRefCount
          • NSShouldRetainWithZone
            

            Interacting with the Objective-C Runtime

            • NSGetSizeAndAlignment
            • NSClassFromString
            • NSStringFromClass
            • NSSelectorFromString
            • NSStringFromSelector
            • NSStringFromProtocol
            • NSProtocolFromString
              

              Logging Output

              • NSLog
              • NSLogv
                

                Managing File Paths

                • NSFullUserName
                • NSHomeDirectory
                • NSHomeDirectoryForUser
                • NSOpenStepRootDirectory
                • NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains
                • NSTemporaryDirectory
                • NSUserName
                  

                  Managing Ranges

                  • NSEqualRanges
                  • NSIntersectionRange
                  • NSLocationInRange
                  • NSMakeRange
                  • NSMaxRange
                  • NSRangeFromString
                  • NSStringFromRange
                  • NSUnionRange
                    

                    Uncaught Exception Handlers

                    Whether there’s an uncaught exception handler function, any uncaught exceptions cause the program to terminate, unless the exception is raised during the posting of a notification.

                    • NSGetUncaughtExceptionHandler
                    • NSSetUncaughtExceptionHandler
                      

                      Core Foundation ARC Integration

                      • CFBridgingRetain
                      • CFBridgingRelease
                        

                        Managing Memory

                        • NSAllocateMemoryPages
                        • NSCopyMemoryPages
                        • NSDeallocateMemoryPages
                        • NSLogPageSize
                        • NSPageSize
                        • NSRealMemoryAvailable
                        • NSRoundDownToMultipleOfPageSize
                        • NSRoundUpToMultipleOfPageSize
                        • NSMakeCollectable
                          

                          Managing Zones

                          Zones are ignored on iOS and 64-bit runtime on OS X. You should not use zones in current development.

                          • NSCreateZone
                          • NSRecycleZone
                          • NSSetZoneName
                          • NSZoneCalloc
                          • NSZoneFree
                          • NSZoneFromPointer
                          • NSZoneMalloc
                          • NSZoneName
                          • NSZoneRealloc
                          • NSDefaultMallocZone

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