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    <p>I'm using an <code>NSArrayController</code>, <code>NSMutableArray</code> and <code>NSTableView</code> to show a list of my own custom objects (although this question probably applies if you're just showing a list of vanilla <code>NSString</code> objects too).</p> <p>At various points in time, I need to clear out my array and refresh the data from my data source. However, just calling <code>removeAllObjects</code> on my <code>NSMutableArray</code> object does not trigger the KVO updates, so the list on screen remains unchanged.</p> <p><code>NSArrayController</code> has <strong>no</strong> <code>removeAllObjects</code> method available, which seems really weird. (It does have <code>addObject</code>, which I use to add the objects, ensuring the KVO is triggered and the UI is updated.)</p> <p>The cleanest way I've managed to cause this happen correctly is:</p> <pre><code>[self willChangeValueForKey:@"myArray"]; [myArray removeAllObjects]; [self didChangeValueForKey:@"myArray"]; </code></pre> <p>...so I'm kind of having to do the KVO notification manually myself (this is in my test app class, that contains the <code>myArray</code> property, which is <code>NSMutableArray</code>, as mentioned.)</p> <p>This seems wrong - is there a better way? From my googling it seems a few people are confused by the lack of <code>removeAllObjects</code> in <code>NSArrayController</code>, but haven't seen any better solutions.</p> <p>I have seen this solution:</p> <pre><code>[self removeObjectsAtArrangedObjectIndexes: [NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndexesInRange: NSMakeRange(0, [[self arrangedObjects] count])]]; </code></pre> <p>but this looks even more unpleasant to me. At least my solution is at least marginally self-documenting.</p> <p>Did Apple not notice that sometimes people might want to empty a list control being managed via an <code>NSArrayController</code> object? This seems kind of obvious, so I think I must be missing something...</p> <p>Aside: of course, if I add new items to the array (via <code>NSArrayController</code>), then this triggers a KVO update with the <code>NSArrayController/NSTableView</code>, but:</p> <ol> <li>Sometimes I don't put any items in the list, because there are none. So you just see the old items.</li> <li>This is a bit yucky anyway.</li> </ol>
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