NSUserScriptTask Class Reference

Inherits from
NSObject
Conforms to
NSObject (NSObject)
Framework
/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework
Availability
Available in OS X v10.8 and later.
Declared in
NSUserScriptTask.h

Overview

The NSUserScriptTask class is an abstract class that is able to run all the scripts normally run by the one of its subclasses, however it ignores the results.. It is intended to execute user-supplied scripts and will execute them outside of the application's sandbox, if any.

If you need to execute scripts and get the input and output information use the NSUserUnixTask, NSUserAppleScriptTask, and NSUserAutomatorTask sub classes.

Tasks

Specifying the Script

Executing the User Script

Instance Methods

executeWithCompletionHandler:

Executes the script with no input and ignoring any result.

- (void)executeWithCompletionHandler:(NSUserScriptTaskCompletionHandler)handler
Parameters
handler

The completion handler Block that returns the result or an error. See NSUserScriptTaskCompletionHandler.

Discussion

This method should be invoked no more than once for a given instance of the class.

If the script completed normally, the completion handler's error parameter will be nil.

Availability
  • Available in OS X v10.8 and later.
See Also
Declared In
NSUserScriptTask.h

initWithURL:error:

Return a user script task instance given a URL for a script file.

- (id)initWithURL:(NSURL *)url error:(NSError **)error
Parameters
url

The script URL.

error

A return by-reference error that specifies any error in loading the script.

Return Value

An instance of an NSUserScriptTask subclass or nil if the file does not appear to match any of the known types.

Discussion

The returned object will be of one of the specific sub-classes (NSUserUnixTask, NSUserAppleScriptTask, and NSUserAutomatorTask), or nil if the file does not appear to match any of the known types.

If invoked from a subclass, the result will be that class or nil.

Availability
  • Available in OS X v10.8 and later.
See Also
Declared In
NSUserScriptTask.h

scriptURL

The URL of the script file.

- (NSURL *)scriptURL
Return Value

The URL of the script file.

Availability
  • Available in OS X v10.8 and later.
See Also
Declared In
NSUserScriptTask.h

Constants

NSUserScriptTaskCompletionHandler

Implement this block to retrieve the error of the script executed by executeWithCompletionHandler:. 

typedef void (^NSUserScriptTaskCompletionHandler)(NSError *error);
Availability
  • Available in OS X v10.8 and later.
Declared In
NSUserScriptTask.h


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