Type Method

record()

Creates and initializes a descriptor for an Apple event record whose data has yet to be set.

Declaration

class func record() -> NSAppleEventDescriptor

Return Value

An Apple event descriptor whose data has yet to be set, or nil if an error occurs.

Discussion

An Apple event record is a descriptor whose data is a set of descriptors keyed by four-character codes. You can add information to the descriptor with methods such as setAttribute(_:forKeyword:), setDescriptor(_:forKeyword:), and setParam(_:forKeyword:).

Invoking this method is equivalent to allocating an instance of NSAppleEventDescriptor and invoking init(recordDescriptor:).

See Also

Creating and Initializing Descriptors

class func appleEvent(withEventClass: AEEventClass, eventID: AEEventID, targetDescriptor: NSAppleEventDescriptor?, returnID: AEReturnID, transactionID: AETransactionID) -> NSAppleEventDescriptor

Creates a descriptor that represents an Apple event, initialized according to the specified information.

init(boolean: Bool)

Creates a descriptor initialized with type typeBoolean that stores the specified Boolean value.

init(enumCode: OSType)

Creates a descriptor initialized with type typeEnumerated that stores the specified enumerator data type value.

init(int32: Int32)

Creates a descriptor initialized with Apple event type typeSInt32 that stores the specified integer value.

init(string: String)

Creates a descriptor initialized with type typeUnicodeText that stores the text from the specified string.

init(typeCode: OSType)

Creates a descriptor initialized with type typeType that stores the specified type value.

class func list() -> NSAppleEventDescriptor

Creates and initializes an empty list descriptor.

class func null() -> NSAppleEventDescriptor

Creates and initializes a descriptor with no parameter or attribute values set.

init(listDescriptor: ())

Initializes a newly allocated instance as an empty list descriptor.

init(recordDescriptor: ())

Initializes a newly allocated instance as a descriptor that is an Apple event record.

init(aeDescNoCopy: UnsafePointer<AEDesc>)

Initializes a newly allocated instance as a descriptor for the specified Carbon AEDesc structure.

init?(descriptorType: DescType, bytes: UnsafeRawPointer?, length: Int)

Initializes a newly allocated instance as a descriptor with the specified descriptor type and data (from an arbitrary sequence of bytes and a length count).

init?(descriptorType: DescType, data: Data?)

Initializes a newly allocated instance as a descriptor with the specified descriptor type and data (from an instance of NSData).

init(eventClass: AEEventClass, eventID: AEEventID, targetDescriptor: NSAppleEventDescriptor?, returnID: AEReturnID, transactionID: AETransactionID)

Initializes a newly allocated instance as a descriptor for an Apple event, initialized with the specified values.