IMBObjectArrayController.h

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// Author: Peter Baumgartner


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#pragma mark CLASSES

@class IMBObject;
@protocol IMBObjectArrayControllerDelegate;

#pragma mark 

@interface IMBObjectArrayController : NSArrayController
{
	IBOutlet NSSearchField* ibSearchField;
	NSArray* _searchableProperties;
	NSString* _searchString;
	id <IMBObjectArrayControllerDelegate> _delegate;
	id _newObject;
}

@property (nonatomic, assign) IBOutlet id <IMBObjectArrayControllerDelegate> delegate;

// Filtering...

@property (retain) NSArray* searchableProperties;
@property (retain) NSString* searchString;
- (IBAction) search:(id)inSender;
- (IBAction) resetSearch:(id)inSender;

@end


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@protocol IMBObjectArrayControllerDelegate <NSObject>

// Returns YES if the object passes the delegate's filter. NO otherwise.

- (BOOL) objectArrayController:(IMBObjectArrayController*)inController filterObject:(IMBObject*)inObject;

@optional

- (id) proxyForObject:(id)inObject;

@end


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// Objects encountered in searchableProperties, if not NSString, must 
// implement this method to facilitate search filtering.

@interface NSObject (IMBOBjectArrayControllerFiltering)

- (BOOL) imb_matchesSearchFilterString:(NSString*)searchString;

@end

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