Instance Method

saveToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:delegate:didSaveSelector:contextInfo:

Saves the contents of the document to a file or file package located by a URL, formatted to a specified type, for a particular kind of save operation.

Declaration

- (void)saveToURL:(NSURL *)url ofType:(NSString *)typeName forSaveOperation:(NSSaveOperationType)saveOperation delegate:(id)delegate didSaveSelector:(SEL)didSaveSelector contextInfo:(void *)contextInfo;

Parameters

absoluteURL

The location of the file or file package to which the document contents are saved.

typeName

The string that identifies the document type.

saveOperation

The type of save operation.

delegate

The delegate to which the selector message is sent.

didSaveSelector

The selector of the message sent to the delegate.

contextInfo

Object passed with the callback to provide any additional context information.

Discussion

When saving is completed, regardless of success or failure, the method sends the message selected by didSaveSelector to the delegate, with the contextInfo as the last argument. The method selected by didSaveSelector must have the same signature as:

- (void)document:(NSDocument *)document didSave:(BOOL)didSaveSuccessfully  contextInfo:(void  *)contextInfo;

The default implementation of this method invokes [self saveToURL:absoluteURL ofType:typeName forSaveOperation:saveOperation error:&anError] and, if NO is returned, presents the error to the user in a document-modal panel before messaging the delegate.

See Also

Reading From and Writing to URLs

- readFromURL:ofType:error:

Sets the contents of this document by reading from a file or file package, of a specified type, located by a URL.

- writeToURL:ofType:error:

Writes the contents of the document to a file or file package located by a URL, formatted to a specified type.

- writeSafelyToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:error:

Writes the contents of the document to a file or file package located by a URL.

- writeToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:originalContentsURL:error:

Writes the contents of the document to a file or file package located by a URL.

- fileAttributesToWriteToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:originalContentsURL:error:

As a file is being saved, returns the attributes that should be written to a file or file package located by a URL, formatted to a specified type, for a particular kind of save operation.

- canAsynchronouslyWriteToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:

Returns whether the receiver can concurrently write to a file or file package located by a URL, formatted for a specific type, for a specific kind of save operation.

- changeCountTokenForSaveOperation:

Returns an object that encapsulates the current record of document changes at the beginning of a save operation.

- saveToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:completionHandler:

Saves the contents of the document to a file or file package located by a URL, formatted to a specified type, for a particular kind of save operation, and invokes the passed-in completion handler.

- updateChangeCountWithToken:forSaveOperation:

Records the fact that saving has succeeded and updates related aspects of the change count mechanism.

- unblockUserInteraction

Unblocks the main thread during asynchronous saving.