I have a NSTableView that I am using to experiment with sorting columns. The string, integer and date columns seem to work fine but the decimal column is causing a crash which I'm scratching my head over.
Here's the data structure:
class LearningStruct : NSObject, Decodable {
@objc var ID : Int
@objc var Text : String
@objc var Description : String
@objc var CreationDate : Date
@objc var UpdateDateTime : Date?
@objc var ValueX: Decimal
@objc var IsTrue : Bool
}
(Note the use of @objc and NSObject, apparently Swift can't natively handle key value coding required for sorting)
I create some test JSON data:
let learningJSON = "{\"Items\": [{\"ID\": 1, \"Text\": \"Item 1 text\", \"Description\": \"This is item 1 description\", \"CreationDate\": \"02/17/2019\", \"ValueX\": 123.45, \"UpdateDate\": \"02/17/2019\", \"IsTrue\": true}, {\"ID\": 2, \"Text\": \"Item 2 text\", \"Description\": \"This is item 2 description\", \"CreationDate\": \"02/14/2019\", \"ValueX\": 789.01, \"UpdateDate\": \"02/14/2019\", \"IsTrue\": false}]}"
internal var learningItems = [LearningStruct]()
Then I use the decoder to populate the array:
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
let dateformatter = DateFormatter()
dateformatter.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy" // "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss"
decoder.dateDecodingStrategy = .formatted(dateformatter)
decoder.keyDecodingStrategy = .convertFromSnakeCase
let learningData = try decoder.decode(LearningItems.self, from: learningJSON.data(using: .utf8)!) as LearningItems
learningItems = learningData.Items
The NSTableColumns have their Identifier set to the property name in the storyboard for easy mapping.
for prop in properties {
let colindex = learningTableView.column(withIdentifier: NSUserInterfaceItemIdentifier.init(prop)) // Get the column index number for that property key
if (colindex >= 0) { // If the column exists
let descriptorID = NSSortDescriptor(key: prop, ascending: true)
learningTableView.tableColumns[colindex].sortDescriptorPrototype = descriptorID
}
}
Here's the sorting logic:
/// Sorting logic
func tableView(_ tableView: NSTableView, sortDescriptorsDidChange oldDescriptors: [NSSortDescriptor]) {
print("--- Sorting logic begin ---")
// Debug print the sorters
for col in learningTableView.tableColumns {
if col.sortDescriptorPrototype != nil {
let sorter = col.sortDescriptorPrototype!.key!
let direction = col.sortDescriptorPrototype!.ascending
print("Column \(col.identifier.rawValue): sort descriptor: \(sorter), is ascending: \(direction)")
} else {
print("Column \(col.identifier.rawValue): no sort descriptor")
}
}
print("+++ Sort descriptors list")
let learningItemsMutable = NSMutableArray(array: learningItems)
let sorters = tableView.sortDescriptors
for sortdesc in sorters {
print("Sort descriptor: \(sortdesc.key!)")
}
print("Sorting...")
learningItemsMutable.sort(using: sorters)
learningItems = learningItemsMutable as! [LearningStruct]
tableView.reloadData()
print("--- Sorting logic end ---")
}
When I run the code, it sorts everything perfectly when I click on a column until I get to the "ValueX" column. The example below is me clicking on each column in order, ending with "Value X". When I click that, I get an exception that doesn't really help me... can anyone assist?
--- Sorting logic begin ---
Column ID: sort descriptor: ID, is ascending: true
Column Text: sort descriptor: Text, is ascending: true
Column Description: sort descriptor: Description, is ascending: true
Column CreationDate: sort descriptor: CreationDate, is ascending: true
Column ValueX: sort descriptor: ValueX, is ascending: true
Column IsTrue: sort descriptor: IsTrue, is ascending: true
+++ Sort descriptors list
Sort descriptor: ValueX
Sort descriptor: CreationDate
Sort descriptor: Description
Sort descriptor: Text
Sort descriptor: ID
Sorting...
2019-02-22 12:29:27.093825+0000 NSTableView Learning[8571:1649436] [General] -[NSInvocation getArgument:atIndex:]: struct with unknown contents found while getting argument at index -1
2019-02-22 12:29:27.095961+0000 NSTableView Learning[8571:1649436] [General] (
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff4aecaded __exceptionPreprocess + 256
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff76f96720 objc_exception_throw + 48
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff4ae22af3 -[NSInvocation getArgument:atIndex:] + 473
3 Foundation 0x00007fff4d251a85 _NSGetValueWithMethod + 174
4 Foundation 0x00007fff4d184494 -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) valueForKey:] + 284
5 Foundation 0x00007fff4d193d68 _sortedObjectsUsingDescriptors + 389
6 Foundation 0x00007fff4d1be3c9 -[NSMutableArray(NSKeyValueSorting) sortUsingDescriptors:] + 497
7 NSTableView Learning 0x000000010000d3c9 $S20NSTableView_Learning0cB10ControllerC05tableB0_24sortDescriptorsDidChangeySo0aB0C_SaySo16NSSortDescriptorCGtF + 5289
8 NSTableView Learning 0x000000010000dacf $S20NSTableView_Learning0cB10ControllerC05tableB0_24sortDescriptorsDidChangeySo0aB0C_SaySo16NSSortDescriptorCGtFTo + 111
9 AppKit 0x00007fff48b9e388 -[NSTableView _sendDataSourceSortDescriptorsDidChange:] + 82
10 AppKit 0x00007fff4862275a -[NSTableView setSortDescriptors:] + 327
11 AppKit 0x00007fff48b9e5ca -[NSTableView _changeSortDescriptorsForClickOnColumn:] + 542
12 AppKit 0x00007fff48b81d73 -[NSTableHeaderView _trackAndModifySelectionWithEvent:onColumn:stopOnReorderGesture:] + 1000
13 AppKit 0x00007fff48b84eeb -[NSTableHeaderView mouseDown:] + 596
14 AppKit 0x00007fff4859f1eb -[NSWindow(NSEventRouting) _handleMouseDownEvent:isDelayedEvent:] + 5668
15 AppKit 0x00007fff484d3223 -[NSWindow(NSEventRouting) _reallySendEvent:isDelayedEvent:] + 2319
16 AppKit 0x00007fff484d26c9 -[NSWindow(NSEventRouting) sendEvent:] + 481
17 AppKit 0x00007fff4836f954 -[NSApplication(NSEvent) sendEvent:] + 336
18 AppKit 0x00007fff4835d19d -[NSApplication run] + 755
19 AppKit 0x00007fff4834c8a3 NSApplicationMain + 780
20 NSTableView Learning 0x000000010001085d main + 13
21 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff78064ed9 start + 1
22 ??? 0x0000000000000003 0x0 + 3
)
The used type Decimal, in Objective-C NSDecimal is not in the list of supported key-value-coding types. KVC documentation
typedef struct {
signed int _exponent:8;
unsigned int _length:4; // length == 0 && isNegative -> NaN
unsigned int _isNegative:1;
unsigned int _isCompact:1;
unsigned int _reserved:18;
unsigned short _mantissa[NSDecimalMaxSize];
} NSDecimal;
The NSDecimal uses bit fields which are the key issue.
Every attempt to make it work (this should be possible) will be not Codable out of the box.