Deprecated NSData Methods

A method identified as deprecated has been superseded and may become unsupported in the future.

Deprecated in Mac OS X v10.6

getBytes:

Copies a data object’s contents into a given buffer. (Deprecated in Mac OS X v10.6. This method is unsafe because it could potentially cause buffer overruns. You should use getBytes:length: or getBytes:range: instead.)

- (void)getBytes:(void *)buffer

Parameters

buffer

A buffer into which to copy the receiver's data. The buffer must be at least length bytes.

Discussion

You can see a sample using this method in Working With Binary Data.

See Also

• – bytes
• – description
• – getBytes:length:
• – getBytes:range:

Related Sample Code

• From A View to A Movie
• From A View to A Picture
• QTCoreVideo301
• QTMetadataEditor
• Quartz Composer QCTV

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