[MacRuby-devel] Using the SystemConfiguration framework

[John Labovitz]

Depending on what you need to do, you should check out IXSCNotificationManager, an ObjC wrapper around parts of SC.  I've used it a few times and it's quite helpful, and obviously an better impedance match to MacRuby code.  It's mentioned & linked here:

	http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?NotificationOnNewNetwork

--John



On 2 Jul 2010, at 8:03 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:

> Not sure yet. The whole framework is a bit of a mess from my point of
> view. I need to be able to tinker a bit in order to figure out how to
> use it. ;)
> 
> I'd probably start with the SCNetworkConfiguration and SCDynamicStore API's.
> 
> --
> Michael Jackson
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> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Thibault Martin-Lagardette
> <thibault.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Which specific inline function are you trying to use?
>> 
>> --
>> Thibault Martin-Lagardette
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 2, 2010, at 15:44, Michael Jackson wrote:
>> 
>>> It's complaining that there aren't any inline functions in the
>>> SystemConfiguration framework. This is the command I ran and the
>>> output I received:
>>> 
>>> $ gen_bridge_metadata -f
>>> /System/Library/Frameworks/SystemConfiguration.framework -F dylib -o
>>> SystemConfiguration.dylib
>>> No inline functions in the given framework/library, no need to generate a dylib.
>>> 
>>> However, this doesn't make any sense to me. The documentation clearly
>>> lists lots of inline functions. C isn't my best language, so maybe I'm
>>> misunderstanding something...
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Michael Jackson
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Thibault Martin-Lagardette
>>> <thibault.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> To use inline C function you need to generate a dylib using gen_bridge_metatada.
>>>> If you do `man gen_bridge_metadata`, you'll see:
>>>> 
>>>>> If the custom framework has inline functions and you want to be able to call them, here is how you can generate a ``dylib'' file:
>>>>>     gen_bridge_metadata -f /Path/To/YourFramework.framework -F dylib -o /Path/To/YourFramework.framework/Resources/BridgeSupport/YourFramework.dylib
>>>> 
>>>> Then you just need to require the generated dylib :-)
>>>> 
>>>> It looks like this corresponds to what you want to do? :-)
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Thibault Martin-Lagardette
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jul 2, 2010, at 14:49, Michael Jackson wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> How exactly does one go about using the SystemConfiguration framework
>>>>> in MacRuby?
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Networking/Reference/SysConfig/index.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> When I try "framework 'SystemConfiguration'" it returns true, but none
>>>>> of the inline C functions are available. From the reading I've done,
>>>>> it seems that static C libraries like SystemConfiguration should be
>>>>> loaded via a BridgeSupport file, but I have no idea how to generate
>>>>> one in this case.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Michael Jackson
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