Functions
This section describes the Collection Manager functions you can use to
- create and dispose of collection objects
- clone and copy collection objects and determine their owner counts
- get and set the default attributes for a collection object
- add and replace items in a collection
- remove items from a collection
- count items in a collection
- retrieve the variable-length data from a collection item
- get information about an item in a collection (for example, the index of the item, the size of the item's data, or the item's attribute flags)
- set the attribute flags of a collection item
- get information about the collection tags associated with the items of a collection
- flatten and unflatten collections
- use Macintosh Memory Manager handles to specify variable-length data
- WARNING
- Many of the functions in this section require a reference to a collection object (that is, a reference of type
Collection) as a parameter. When calling any of these functions, you must always provide a valid collection object reference. If you do not, the behavior of the function is undefined.
Subtopics
- Creating and Disposing of Collection Objects
- Cloning and Copying Collection Objects
- Getting and Setting the Exception Procedure for a Collection
- Getting and Setting the Default Attributes for a Collection
- Adding and Replacing Items in a Collection
- Removing Items From a Collection
- Counting Items in a Collection
- Retrieving the Variable-Length Data From an Item
- Getting Information About a Collection Item
- Editing Item Attributes
- Getting Information About Collection Tags
- Flattening and Unflattening a Collection
- Working With Macintosh Memory Manager Handles
- Reading Collections From Resource Files