Re:[SOLVED] NSBundle won't release ? [by NOT using NSBundle]

FROM : Dirk van Oosterbosch
DATE : Mon Apr 18 23:36:19 2005

FYI

On second thoughts,
I guess it is not that strange behavior of NSBundle to not want to
release, since you also cannot unload code that is loaded with a
bundle. (And using bundles as a document format is not exactly what
it's build for, I presume).

> But what are my alternatives?


Well, NOT use a NSBundle, I decided.
I figured out in the end I only used its -objectForInfoDictionaryKey to
get to its Info.plist. So I now I am just loading the xml Info.plist
from file and putting its contents in a NSDictionary. Job done.

dirk



On 18-apr-05, at 15:28, Dirk van Oosterbosch wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am witnessing a strange behavior with the (not) release of NSBundle.
> It seems it doesn't want to be released, period. No matter how many
> -release(s) you send it.
>
> I am using
> [self setBundle:[NSBundle bundleWithPath:bundlePath]];
>
> and the accessor method
> - (void)setBundle:(NSBundle *)aBundle
> {
>     [aBundle retain];
>     [bundle release];
>     bundle = aBundle;
> }
>
> But  the [self setBundle:nil]; from my -dealloc doesn't actually
> release it.
>
> I am using this NSBundle as my document base type (meaning my
> NSDocument-subclass owns a MyOwnBundle instance -from which the code
> above stems- which owns a NSBundle). But everytime I open / close /
> open / cl... the same document, I am seeing the first state of that
> document, regardless of whether I changed it behind the applications
> back. I am NSLogging the bundle's -retaincount and every time I set
> the bundle using the above +bundleWithPath method, and using the same
> bundlePath, I see my retain count explode: 8, 32, 128, 384, 640, 896,
> 1152. This can't be right.
>
> in this old thread
> http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2001/11/24/43545
> Ondra Cada says "rather, unless you really need to do that,
> don't retain the result of bundleWithPath"
> Well, I guess I am. But what are my alternatives?
> Are there other things I should do to get the bundle? Or are there
> alternatives to releasing it?
>
> Thanks,
> Dirk van Oosterbosch
>
>
>
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