InitWithContentsOfFile Method (path)

Initializes a newly allocated dictionary using the keys and values found in a file at a given path.

Original signature is '- (id)initWithContentsOfFile:(NSString *)path'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Declaration Syntax

Visual Basic

Visual C++

public virtual Id InitWithContentsOfFile(
	NSString path
)

Public Overridable Function InitWithContentsOfFile ( _
	path As NSString _
) As Id

public:
virtual Id^ InitWithContentsOfFile(
	NSString^ path
)

Parameters

path (NSString): A full or relative pathname. The file identified by path must contain a string representation of a property list whose root object is a dictionary.

Return Value

An initialized dictionary—which might be different than the original receiver—that contains the dictionary at path, or nil if there is a file error or if the contents of the file are an invalid representation of a dictionary.

Version Information

Available in Monobjc Bridge: 10.6 (For Mac OS X 10.6 and later), 10.5 (For Mac OS X 10.5 and later)

Assembly: Monobjc.Foundation (Module: Monobjc.Foundation)