Re: Code and Decode a CGContextRef

FROM : David Duncan
DATE : Tue Nov 27 19:59:21 2007

On Nov 27, 2007, at 5:17 AM, Jason Barker wrote:

> I have an object with a member variable that is a CGContextRef. I'm
> trying to implement the NSCoding protocol in my object. What is the
> best/easiest way to code and decode this CGContextRef?



There isn't one easy way to do it, it depends on how you obtained the 
context in the first place. A bitmap context you would probably encode 
by describing its properties and maybe saving an image from its 
current contents. A PDF context may be described by the PDF data 
itself or a location where the PDF should be saved to. Other kinds of 
contexts are probably best not archived at all.

What kind of context are you working with and where does it come from? 
Answering that question will probably tell you what you want to know 
to encode it well.
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David Duncan
Apple DTS Animation and Printing
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