| CoreFoundation.framework | |
| Public Framework | |
|---|---|
| Availabile | 1.0 – present |
| Class Prefix | CF |
| Headers | [headers.cynder.me] |
CoreFoundation is a cross-platform C-based API that provides reference-counted data structures, IPC facilities, run loops, etc. A subset of it is open-sourced as "CF-Lite".
This framework also provides some crucial Objective-C classes such as NSObject, NSString, NSArray, etc.
Versions
| Firmware | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SourceCache version | 478.23 | 478.26.1 | 478.29 | 478.47.7 | 478.52 | 478.61 | 550.32 | 550.38.1 | 550.52 | 550.58.1 |
| dylib version | 478.23 | 478.26.1 | 478.29 | 478.47.7 | 478.52 | 478.61 | 550.32 | 550.38.1 | 550.52 | 550.58.1 |
Parameters for CoreFoundation applications
CoreFoundation recognizes the following special command-line arguments:
| Flag | Purpose |
|---|---|
| -AppleLanguages "(lang1, lang2, ...)" | Set the list of languages for localization. |
Environment variables
Application built with CoreFoundation will recognize the following environment variables
| Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| NSZombieEnabled[1][2] NSDeallocateZombies[1] CFZombieLevel[3] |
Use "zombies" for easier detection on misusing deallocated objects. |
| __CF_DEBUG_EXPANDED_SET CFCharacterSetCheckForExpandedSet |
Enable check for expanded character sets. When an expanded set is detected, a message "An expanded CFMutableCharacter has been detected. Recommend to compact with CFCharacterSetCreateCopy" will be printed. |
| CFBundleUseDYLD | Use low-level dyld(3) functions instead of dlopen(3)/etc. to check if a bundle is loaded or not. |
| CFProcessPath | Manually set the process path. |
| OAKeepAllocationStatistics[4] | ? |
| CFBundleDisableStringsSharing | Do not share .strings files. (?) |
| CFPropertyListAllowImmutableCollections | Force collections (array, dictionary) parsed from property lists to be immutable. |
| USER HOME PATH DYLD_IMAGE_SUFFIX |
Various CF functions depend on these info. |
| CFFIXED_USER_HOME | Manually set the home directory. |
| CFUUIDVersionNumber[5] | UUID version to use. Only supports 1 or 4. |
| CFLOG_FORCE_STDERR | Stream error from CFLog to stderr too. |
| TZFILE TZ |
Timezone info. |
| CFNETWORK_LIBRARY_PATH | Manually set the path of the CFNetwork binary. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2004/tn2124.html#SECFOUNDATION
- ↑ http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?NSZombieEnabled
- ↑ http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?CFZombie
- ↑ http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-08/msg01225.html
- ↑ http://www.monen.nl/DevDoc/releasenotes/CoreFoundation/RN-CoreFoundation/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000994-DontLinkElementID_4
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