NSDocument with Storyboard

Cocoa Programming for OS X (5th Edition) 9. NSArrayController
1

Hello !
Thanks for a great book, it really speeds up learning process.

Out of curiosity I’ve tried creating project for chapter 9 with Storyboards support.
To access NSDocument I’m using this peace of code :

[code]
class ViewController: NSViewController {

weak var document  : Document!

…
override func viewWillAppear() {
if let doc = self.view.window?.windowController()?.document {
document = doc
}
assert(document != nil, “document property is not set !”)
}

…

}[/code]

All binding are set, it seems like everything is working. But is this the best way of doing things when using Storyboards ?
I think I could use representedObject, but I feel like it can cause troubles under certain circumstances.

2

Unfortunately, accessing a view controller’s document is quite sticky. Your approach is reasonable. Another approach is to use a computed property:

var document: Document {
    if let document = self.view.window?.windowController()?.document {
        return document
    }
    fatalError("Document not found.")
}
3

Thanks for advice !
I’ve ended up with overriding document property of NSWindowController

[code]class MainWindowController: NSWindowController {
// MARK: Overrides

override  var document: AnyObject? {
    didSet{
        super.document = document
        if let viewController = window?.contentViewController as? ViewController {
            viewController.document = document as? Document
        }
    }
}

}[/code]

So it’s get assigned when NSDocument calls makeWindowControllers() function