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# NSPasteboardItem

### Authors

Daniel Ferreira (`dtf@stanford.edu`)

> class for wrapping pasteboard content

Copyright: (C) (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

### Contents -

1. Software documentation for the NSPasteboardItem class
2. Software documentation for the NSObject(NSPasteboardItemDataProvider) informal protocol
3. Software documentation for the NSPasteboardItemDataProvider protocol

# Software documentation for the NSPasteboardItem class

## NSPasteboardItem : NSObject

> Declared in:
>   AppKit/NSPasteboardItem.h

> Conforms to:
>   NSPasteboardWriting
>   NSPasteboardReading

Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

Instance Variables
Method summary

- -availableTypeFromArray:
- -dataForType:
- -propertyListForType:
- -setData:forType:
- -setDataProvider:forTypes:
- -setPropertyList:forType:
- -setString:forType:
- -stringForType:
- -types

### availableTypeFromArray:

- (NSString*) availableTypeFromArray: (NSArray*)types;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

### dataForType:

- (NSData*) dataForType: (NSString*)type;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

### propertyListForType:

- (id) propertyListForType: (NSString*)type;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

### setData: forType:

- (BOOL) setData: (NSData*)data forType: (NSString*)type;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

### setDataProvider: forTypes:

- (BOOL) setDataProvider: (id<NSPasteboardItemDataProvider>)dataProvider forTypes: (NSArray*)types;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

### setPropertyList: forType:

- (BOOL) setPropertyList: (id)propertyList forType: (NSString*)type;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

### setString: forType:

- (BOOL) setString: (NSString*)string forType: (NSString*)type;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

### stringForType:

- (NSString*) stringForType: (NSString*)type;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

### types

- (NSArray*) types;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

## Instance Variables for NSPasteboardItem Class

### _dataMap

@protected NSMutableDictionary* _dataMap;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

### _providerMap

@protected NSMutableDictionary* _providerMap;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

### _types

@protected NSMutableArray* _types;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

# Software documentation for the NSObject(NSPasteboardItemDataProvider) informal protocol

## NSObject(NSPasteboardItemDataProvider)

> Declared in:
>   AppKit/NSPasteboardItem.h

Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.
Method summary

- -pasteboardFinishedWithDataProvider:

### pasteboardFinishedWithDataProvider:

- (void) pasteboardFinishedWithDataProvider: (NSPasteboard*)pasteboard;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

# Software documentation for the NSPasteboardItemDataProvider protocol

## NSPasteboardItemDataProvider

> Declared in:
>   AppKit/NSPasteboardItem.h

> Conforms to:
>   NSObject

Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.
Method summary

- -pasteboard:item:provideDataForType:

### pasteboard: item: provideDataForType:

- (void) pasteboard: (NSPasteboard*)pasteboard item: (NSPasteboardItem*)item provideDataForType: (NSString*)type;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.6.0
Description forthcoming.

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