Support for FSRef
and FSSpec
¶
PyObjC has its own wrappers for the types FSRef
and FSSpec
, and also
supports the wrappers for these types in Carbon.File
. The wrappers in
Note
The wrappers for these types in Carbon.File
should not be used,
that module is not available in Python 3 and has been unmaintained
in Python 2.x with the introduction of macOS.
The types in this document are fully supported, and will be supported as long as macOS supports these types.
- class objc.FSRef¶
This type represents an opaque
FSRef
structure.Note
All API’s using the FSRef type are deprecated by Apple as of macOS 10.8, for most of those APIs there are alternate APIs that use URL objects (
NSURL
orCFURL
).New instances are created using the
from_pathname
method:>>> ref = objc.FSRef.from_pathname("/Library") >>> isinstance(ref, objc.FSRef) True
Instances of
objc.FSRef
are opaque and don’t provide access to specific fields in the structure. The following methods and properties are available to access an instance:- data¶
A bytestring containing the value of the
FSRef
object.
- as_pathname()¶
Returns the POSIX path for the
FSRef
object.
- class objc.FSSpec¶
This type represents an opaque
FSSpec
structure. It is not possible to createFSSpec
instances in Python code.Note
“FSSpec” is a deprecated type in Apple’s APIs. The type is not available for 64-bit code, and shouldn’t be used for new development.
Instances of
objc.FSSpec
are opaque and don’t provide access to specific fields in the structure. The following methods and properties are available to access an instance:- aref.data¶
A bytestring containing the value of the
FSSpec
object.