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MoriarityController.m
/* |
File: MoriarityController.m |
Description: This is the implementation for our "controller" class that operates as the go-between for the view (the UI) and the model (the locate database). The point of this code is to show how you can wrap a UNIX task in a nice Cocoa GUI, and get back the output (which you could then operate on or parse further if you choose). |
Author: MCF |
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*/ |
#import "MoriarityController.h" |
@implementation MoriarityController |
// here we implement a cheesy check to determine if update.locatedb has been run on the current machine. |
// a fresh Mac OS X install has a very small database file, that contains no useful information. |
- (BOOL)ensureLocateDBExists |
{ |
NSDictionary *attr; |
if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:@"/var/db/locate.database"]==YES) |
{ |
attr=[[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileAttributesAtPath:@"/var/db/locate.database" traverseLink:YES]; |
if ([attr fileSize]>4096)//we pick some size that seems large enough that it couldn't be empty |
return YES; |
else |
return NO; |
} |
else |
return NO; |
} |
// This action kicks off a locate search task if we aren't already searching for something, |
// or stops the current search if one is already running |
- (IBAction)sleuth:(id)sender |
{ |
if (findRunning) |
{ |
// This stops the task and calls our callback (-processFinished) |
[searchTask stopProcess]; |
// Release the memory for this wrapper object |
[searchTask release]; |
searchTask=nil; |
return; |
} |
else |
{ |
// If the task is still sitting around from the last run, release it |
if (searchTask!=nil) |
[searchTask release]; |
// Let's allocate memory for and initialize a new TaskWrapper object, passing |
// in ourselves as the controller for this TaskWrapper object, the path |
// to the command-line tool, and the contents of the text field that |
// displays what the user wants to search on |
searchTask=[[TaskWrapper alloc] initWithController:self arguments:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"/usr/bin/locate",[findTextField stringValue],nil]]; |
// kick off the process asynchronously |
[searchTask startProcess]; |
} |
} |
// This callback is implemented as part of conforming to the ProcessController protocol. |
// It will be called whenever there is output from the TaskWrapper. |
- (void)appendOutput:(NSString *)output |
{ |
// add the string (a chunk of the results from locate) to the NSTextView's |
// backing store, in the form of an attributed string |
[[resultsTextField textStorage] appendAttributedString: [[[NSAttributedString alloc] |
initWithString: output] autorelease]]; |
// setup a selector to be called the next time through the event loop to scroll |
// the view to the just pasted text. We don't want to scroll right now, |
// because of a bug in Mac OS X version 10.1 that causes scrolling in the context |
// of a text storage update to starve the app of events |
[self performSelector:@selector(scrollToVisible:) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.0]; |
} |
// This routine is called after adding new results to the text view's backing store. |
// We now need to scroll the NSScrollView in which the NSTextView sits to the part |
// that we just added at the end |
- (void)scrollToVisible:(id)ignore { |
[resultsTextField scrollRangeToVisible:NSMakeRange([[resultsTextField string] length], 0)]; |
} |
// A callback that gets called when a TaskWrapper is launched, allowing us to do any setup |
// that is needed from the app side. This method is implemented as a part of conforming |
// to the ProcessController protocol. |
- (void)processStarted |
{ |
findRunning=YES; |
// clear the results |
[resultsTextField setString:@""]; |
// change the "Sleuth" button to say "Stop" |
[sleuthButton setTitle:@"Stop"]; |
} |
// A callback that gets called when a TaskWrapper is completed, allowing us to do any cleanup |
// that is needed from the app side. This method is implemented as a part of conforming |
// to the ProcessController protocol. |
- (void)processFinished |
{ |
findRunning=NO; |
// change the button's title back for the next search |
[sleuthButton setTitle:@"Sleuth"]; |
} |
// If the user closes the search window, let's just quit |
-(BOOL)windowShouldClose:(id)sender |
{ |
[NSApp terminate:nil]; |
return YES; |
} |
// Display the release notes, as chosen from the menu item in the Help menu. |
- (IBAction)displayReleaseNotes:(id)sender |
{ |
// Grab the release notes from the Resources folder in the app bundle, and stuff |
// them into the proper text field |
[relNotesTextField readRTFDFromFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"ReadMe" ofType:@"rtf"]]; |
[relNotesWin makeKeyAndOrderFront:self]; |
} |
// when first launched, this routine is called when all objects are created |
// and initialized. It's a chance for us to set things up before the user gets |
// control of the UI. |
-(void)awakeFromNib |
{ |
findRunning=NO; |
searchTask=nil; |
// Lets make sure that there is something valid in the locate database; otherwise, |
// all searches will come back empty. |
if ([self ensureLocateDBExists]==NO) |
{ |
// Explain to the user that they need to go update the database as root. |
// That is, if they want locate to be able to really find *any* file |
// on their hard drive (perhaps not great for security, but good for usability). |
NSRunAlertPanel(@"Error",@"Sorry, Moriarity's 'locate' database is missing or empty. In a terminal, as root run '/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb' and try Moriarity again.", @"OK",NULL,NULL); |
[NSApp terminate:nil]; |
} |
} |
@end |
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