replaceMetadataValue:forAttribute:

Parameters

attrValue

Value to replace

attrName

Name of the value's attribute

Return Value

Replacement value, e.g. PDF for com.adobe.pdf

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tags

Return Value

Tags on this object

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setTags:

Discussion

should be used internally only (for example to implement copying), as it does not save the new tags to the backup storage

if you want to do that, please call initiateSave afterwards

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retryCount

Return Value

Current retry count

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incrementRetryCount

Discussion

Increments the current retry count by 1.

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setRetryCount:

Parameters

i

New retry count

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displayName

Return Value

Display name (use this to show a representation of the object in your app)

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setDisplayName:

Parameters

aDisplayName

New display name

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contentType

Return Value

Content type of object

Discussion

See the Spotlight constants for a meaning of this.

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setContentType:

Parameters

aContentType

New content type

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contentTypeIdentifier

Return Value

Content type identifier

Discussion

See the Spotlight constants for a meaning of this.

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setContentTypeIdentifier:

Parameters

aContentTypeIdentifier

New content type identifier

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contentTypeTree

Return Value

Content type tree

Discussion

See the Spotlight constants for a meaning of this.

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setContentTypeTree:

Parameters

aContentTypeTree

New content type tree

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lastUsedDate

Return Value

Date when this object was last used/opened

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setLastUsedDate:

Parameters

aDate

New last used date

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addTag:

Parameters

tag

Tag to add

Discussion

Add a tag to the object - update will be saved to backing store.

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addTags:

Parameters

someTags

Tags to add

Discussion

Add multiple tags to object - update will be saved to backing store.

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removeTag:

Parameters

tag

Tag to remove

Discussion

Remove a tag from object - update will be saved to backing store.

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removeTags:

Parameters

someTags

Tags to remove

Discussion

Remove multiple tags from object - update will be saved to backing store.

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removeAllTags

Discussion

Removes all tags from object - update will be saved to backing store.

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initiateSave

Discussion

Call this if you want to save to harddisk, don't call saveTags directly!

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handleFileManagement

Discussion

Will be called when files are scheduled for file managing, abstract method does nothing, subclass may implement on demand

• only called if pref is set.

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saveTags

Return Value

Success or failure

Discussion

Must be implemented by subclass, save tags to backing storage.

DO NOT CALL THIS DIRECTLY - use initiateSave instead, NNTagSave will take care of everything else.

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renameTo:errorWindow:

Parameters

newName

New name for taggable object

window

Error window

Discussion

Will be called on renaming, must be implemented in subclass.

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moveToTrash:errorWindow:

Parameters

flag

YES trashes, NO does nothing

window

Error window

Discussion

Will be called on moving to trash, must be implemented in subclass.

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validateNewName:

Parameters

newName

Proposed name

Return Value

YES if valid, else NO

Discussion

Checks if new name for object is valid for example: NNFile needs to check if the filename is free in the directory

must be implemented by subclass!

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shouldManageFiles

Return Value

YES if files should be managed

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setShouldManageFiles:

Parameters

flag

Determines if files should be managed

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shouldManageFilesAutomatically

Return Value

YES if files are managed automatically

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setShouldManageFilesAutomatically:

Parameters

flag

Determines if files should be managed automatically

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isWritable

Return Value

YES if metadata can be written, NO otherwise

Discussion

Call this to check if metadata can be written to the object

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