TCallScript.m
/* |
File: TCallScript.m |
Abstract: A class for calling through from Objective-C to AppleScript handlers. |
Version: 1.1 |
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#import "TCallScript.h" |
#import "AEDescUtils.h" |
#import <Carbon/Carbon.h> |
#import <stdarg.h> |
@implementation TCallScript |
/* initialized a TCallScript loading a pre-compiled script |
containing the handlers we wish to call */ |
- (id) initWithURLToCompiledScript:(NSURL*)scriptURL { |
self = [super init]; |
if (self) { |
NSDictionary* errorInfo; |
/* load the compiled version of our AppleScript from the file AttachedScripts.scpt |
in the resources folder. This script contains all of the handlers we will |
be using in this application. */ |
self.theScript = [[[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:scriptURL error:&errorInfo] autorelease]; |
} |
return self; |
} |
- (void) dealloc { |
self.theScript = nil; |
[super dealloc]; |
} |
/* the following two routines are accessor methods for getting/setting |
the theScript field in our object. Note that unlike the canonical |
way of implementing these routines we do not perform a copy when |
setting the theScript filed. This is because the implementation of |
NSAppleScript does not allow you to do that. */ |
@synthesize theScript; |
/* callScript is the main workhorse routine we use for calling handlers |
in our AppleScript. Essentially, this routine creates a 'call subroutine' Apple event |
and then it dispatches the event to the compiled AppleScript we loaded in our awakeFromNib |
routine. */ |
- (NSAppleEventDescriptor*) callScript:(NSString *)handlerName |
withArrayOfParameters:(NSAppleEventDescriptor*) parameterList { |
ProcessSerialNumber PSN = {0, kCurrentProcess}; |
NSAppleEventDescriptor *theAddress; |
NSAppleEventDescriptor *theEvent; |
NSAppleEventDescriptor* theHandlerName; |
NSDictionary *errorInfo; |
NSAppleEventDescriptor *theResult; |
/* create the target address descriptor specifying our own process as the target */ |
theAddress = [NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptorWithDescriptorType:typeProcessSerialNumber |
bytes:&PSN length:sizeof(PSN)]; |
if ( !theAddress ) |
{ |
NSRunAlertPanel(@"AttachAScript Error", @"Failed to create target address descriptor.", @"ok", nil, nil); |
return nil; |
} |
/* create a new Apple event of type typeAppleScript/kASSubroutineEvent */ |
theEvent = [NSAppleEventDescriptor appleEventWithEventClass:typeAppleScript |
eventID:kASSubroutineEvent targetDescriptor:theAddress |
returnID:kAutoGenerateReturnID transactionID:kAnyTransactionID]; |
if ( !theEvent ) |
{ |
NSRunAlertPanel(@"AttachAScript Error", @"Failed to create subroutine descriptor.", @"ok", nil, nil); |
return nil; |
} |
/* create a descriptor containing the handler's name. AppleScript handler |
names must be converted to lowercase before including them in a call |
subroutine Apple event. */ |
theHandlerName = [NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptorWithString:[handlerName lowercaseString]]; |
if ( !theHandlerName ) |
{ |
NSRunAlertPanel(@"AttachAScript Error", @"Failed to create handler name descriptor.", @"ok", nil, nil); |
return nil; |
} |
/* add the handler's name to the Apple event using the keyASSubroutineName keyword */ |
[theEvent setDescriptor:theHandlerName forKeyword:keyASSubroutineName]; |
/* add the parameter list. If none was specified, then create an empty one */ |
if ( parameterList != nil ) { |
[theEvent setDescriptor:parameterList forKeyword:keyDirectObject]; |
} else { |
NSAppleEventDescriptor* paramList = [NSAppleEventDescriptor listDescriptor]; |
[theEvent setDescriptor:paramList forKeyword:keyDirectObject]; |
} |
/* send the subroutine event to the script */ |
theResult = [[self theScript] executeAppleEvent:theEvent error:&errorInfo]; |
/* if an error happened in the AppleScript, display the error information. */ |
if ( nil == theResult ) { |
NSString* paramStr; |
/* collect the parameters into a string of comma separated values |
so the user can see what they are */ |
if ( parameterList != nil ) { |
NSArray* theParamStrings = [parameterList listOfStringsToArray]; |
paramStr = [theParamStrings componentsJoinedByString:@", "]; |
} else { |
paramStr = @""; |
} |
/* create the error message string */ |
NSString *err = [NSString stringWithFormat: |
@"Error %@ occured the %@(%@) call: %@", |
[errorInfo objectForKey:NSAppleScriptErrorNumber], |
handlerName, paramStr, |
[errorInfo objectForKey:NSAppleScriptErrorBriefMessage]]; |
/* display an alert panel showing the error */ |
NSRunAlertPanel(@"AttachAScript Error", err, @"ok", nil, nil); |
return nil; |
} |
/* return whatever result the script returned */ |
return theResult; |
} |
/* callHandler is a convenience routine that calls through to |
callScript:withArrayOfParameters:. This method received parameters |
as a variable argument list of Objective-C objects and it automatically |
builds the AEDescList parameter for callScript:withArrayOfParameters: based |
on the types of objects provided as parameters. Parameters may be NSNumbers, |
NSStrings, or NSAppleEventDescriptors. */ |
- (NSAppleEventDescriptor*) callHandler:(NSString *)handlerName withParameters: (id) firstParameter, ... { |
va_list args; |
int index = 1; |
id nthID; |
NSAppleEventDescriptor* paramList = [NSAppleEventDescriptor listDescriptor]; |
va_start(args, firstParameter); |
for (nthID=firstParameter; nthID != nil; nthID = va_arg(args, id) ) { |
if ( [nthID isKindOfClass: [NSNumber class]] ) { |
[paramList insertDescriptor: |
[NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptorWithInt32:[nthID longValue]] atIndex:(index++)]; |
} else if ( [nthID isKindOfClass: [NSString class]] ) { |
[paramList insertDescriptor: |
[NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptorWithString:nthID] atIndex:(index++)]; |
} else if ( [nthID isKindOfClass: [NSAppleEventDescriptor class]] ) { |
[paramList insertDescriptor: nthID atIndex:(index++)]; |
} else { |
NSLog(@"unrecognized parameter type for parameter %d in callHandler:withParameters:", index); |
return nil; /* bad parameter */ |
} |
} |
va_end(args); |
return [self callScript: handlerName withArrayOfParameters: paramList]; |
} |
@end |
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