EKSource Class Reference

Inherits from	EKObject : NSObject
Conforms to	NSObject (NSObject)
Framework	/System/Library/Frameworks/EventKit.framework
Availability	Available in iOS 5.0 and later.
Declared in	EKSource.h EKTypes.h

Overview

An instance of the EKSource class represents the account that a calendar belongs to. You do not create instances of this class. You retrieve EKSource objects from an EKEventStore object. Use the sources property to get all the EKSource objects for an event store, and use the methods in this class to access properties of the source object.

Tasks

Accessing Source Properties

Accessing Calendars

Properties

sourceIdentifier

A unique identifier for the source object. (read-only)

@property(nonatomic, readonly) NSString *sourceIdentifier

Availability

Available in iOS 5.0 and later.

Declared In

EKSource.h

sourceType

The type of this source object. (read-only)

@property(nonatomic, readonly) EKSourceType sourceType

Discussion

Possible values are described in EKSourceType.

Availability

Available in iOS 5.0 and later.

Declared In

EKSource.h

title

The name of this source object. (read-only)

@property(nonatomic, readonly) NSString *title

Availability

Available in iOS 5.0 and later.

Declared In

EKSource.h

Instance Methods

calendarsForEntityType:

Returns the calendars that belong to this source object that support a particular entity type.

- (NSSet *)calendarsForEntityType:(EKEntityType)entityType

Parameters

entityType: The entity type of either an event or a reminder.

Return Value

The calendars belonging to this source that support the entity type.

Availability

Available in iOS 6.0 and later.

Declared In

EKSource.h

Constants

EKSourceType

The type of source object.

typedef enum {
   EKSourceTypeLocal,
   EKSourceTypeExchange,
   EKSourceTypeCalDAV,
   EKSourceTypeMobileMe,
   EKSourceTypeSubscribed,
   EKSourceTypeBirthdays
} EKSourceType;