CFString Class
Definition
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String class used by C-only Cocoa APIs.
public class CFString : CoreFoundation.NativeObjecttype CFString = class
inherit NativeObject- Inheritance
- Derived
Remarks
Use this class for creating strings that must be passed to methods in the low-level CoreGraphics API.
Constructors
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| CFString() | |
| CFString(String) |
Creates a CFString from a C# string. |
Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Handle | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| Item[IntPtr] | |
| Length |
String length. |
| Owns | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ClearHandle() | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| CreateNative(String, Boolean) |
Creates a CFString from the C# string and returns a pointer to it. |
| CreateNative(String, Int32, Int32, Boolean) |
Creates a CFString from the C# string and returns a pointer to it. |
| CreateNative(String) |
Creates a CFString from the C# string and returns a pointer to it. |
| Dispose() | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| Dispose(Boolean) | (Inherited from NativeObject) |
| Equals(Object) | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| FromHandle(NativeHandle, Boolean) |
Utility method that returns a string from a pointer that points to an Objective-C NSString or CFString object. |
| FromHandle(NativeHandle) |
Utility method that returns a string from a pointer that points to an Objective-C NSString or CFString object. |
| GetCheckedHandle() | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| GetHashCode() | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| GetTypeID() |
Type identifier for the CoreFoundation.CFString type. |
| InitializeHandle(NativeHandle) | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| Release() | (Inherited from NativeObject) |
| ReleaseNative(NativeHandle) |
Releases a native Objective-C string. |
| Retain() | (Inherited from NativeObject) |
| ToString() | |
Operators
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Implicit(CFString to String) | |
| Implicit(String to CFString) | |
Extension Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| GetHandle(INativeObject) | |
| GetNonNullHandle(INativeObject, String) | |