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NSImage

compositing image onto your view, 264–265

coordinate system of views, 266–268

representations of, 269

using, 269

NSImageRep, 269

NSImageView

binding, 186–187

view-based table views, 181–184

NSInputManager, 293

NSInvocation, NSUndoManager, 145

NSKeyedArchiver, 167–168

NSKeyedUnarchiver, 168–169

NSLevelIndicator, view-based table views, 181–184

NSLock, thread synchronization, 438

NSLog() function

defined, 40

NSManagedObject, 409–411

NSManagedObjectContext

accessing for view swapping, 397

creating, 178

defined, 177

how Core Data works, 189

interface, 179–180

NSManagedObjectModel, 177–181, 189

NSMatrix

working with cells, 253–254

NSMenuItem, 95

NSMutableArray

in compositions, 48

defined, 45

instances, 35–37

methods, 46

sorting with, 141–142

thread synchronization and, 438

NSMutableAtrributedString, 286–288

NSMutableDictionary

overview of, 208–209

NSMutableString, 45

NSMutableURLRequest class, 361–363

NSNotification, 222

NSNotificationCenter, 221–224

NSNull, 46

NSNumber

as immutable, 45

key-value coding, 118

key-value coding and nil, 139–140

as property list class, 212

NSNumberFormatter, 340

NSObject

creating class, 20–22

header files and, 26–27

init as designated initializer for, 57

isa pointer and, 65–66

as root of Objective-C class hierarchy, 43

NSObjectController, 129

NSOffState, buttons, 86

NSOnState, buttons, 86

NSOpenGLView

working with OpenGL, 441

NSOpenPanel

using, 263–264

mediated file access and Powerbox, 468

NSOperationQueue

overview of, 435

thread synchronization, 437–438

NSOrderedAscending, 47

NSOrderedDescending, 47

NSPanel

creating, 193–194

NSPasteboard

adding cut, copy and paste, 298–300

methods, 296–298

overview of, 295

NSPasteboardItem

lazy copying, 304–305

creating custom UTIs, 303

defined, 297

NSPasteboardReading protocol, 297, 299, 303

NSPasteboardWriting protocol, 297, 299, 303

NSPersistentDocument, 178, 189

NSPersistentStoreCoordinator, 189

NSPipe, NSTask, 453–454, 456–460

NSPoint

coordinate system of views, 266–268

drawing with NSBezierPath using, 248–250

drawRect: method, 247

NSPrintOperation, 353–357

NSProgressIndicator, 321, 324–325

NSRange

dealing with range of numbers, 286

searching strings for substrings, 344–345

NSRect, 247–248

NSResponder

keyboard events and, 273

NSRulerPboard, 296

NSRunAlertPanel() function, 229–230

NSRunApplication(), 16

NSSavePanel, 468

NSScrollView, 242, 250–252

NSSecureTextField, 88

NSSize, 247

NSSlider

NSSliderCell, 253

overview of, 86–87

as subclass of NSControl, 83, 85

NSSortDescriptor objects, 141–142

NSSpeechSynthesizer

delegate methods of, 100–104

NSSpeechSynthesizerDelegate protocol, 100–102, 106

NSSplitView, 242

NSSRunLoop, 328

NSString

converting strings to other objects. See NSFormatters

defined, 47

as immutable, 45

methods, 47

methods for drawing onto view, 289

NSMutableString, 45

overview of, 40–41

as property list class, 212

using compare: to sort strings, 371

NSTableCellView

binding view-based table views, 185

creating view-based table views, 181

defined, 254

NSTableDataSource, 104–107

NSTableView

connections, 109

dataSource of, 104–107

view hierarchy, 241–243

NSTableViewDataSource methods, 368

NSTask

asynchronous reads, 456

overview of, 451

NSTextField

binding view-based table views, 187–188

creating view-based table views, 181

first responders, 271–274, 302

keyboard events, 271

NSTextFieldCell view, 253

overview of, 87–89

as subclass of NSControl, 83, 85

view hierarchy, 241–242

NSTextView

first responders, 302

inheritance diagram for NSControl, 85

keyboard events, 271

NSUndoManager and, 158

NSThread, 429–431

NSTimeInterval, NSDate, 54–55

NSTimer

NSSRunLoop used with, 328

overview of, 321–323

NSUndoManager

document-based applications without, 174

for edits, 153–155

how it works, 146–148, 189

key-value observing, 152–153