\li440 each time passing a new chunk of raw image data. However my application is crashing. Is my use of
\f1\fs24 -initData
\f0\fs28 legal?\
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Q: Once I have allocated an object in the appkit can I then re-initialize it repeatedly?\
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\fi-440\li440 A: The
\f1\fs24 init
\f0\fs28 methods should
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\f1\fs24 alloc
\f0\fs28 'd instance. Some classes allow you to re-use an instance by resetting key values using a
\f1\fs24 setFoo:
\f0\fs28 method. However this is not possible with the NXBitmapImageRep class. In this case, the overhead of the
\f1\fs24 alloc
\f0\fs28 is very small; the required implementation is to free the previous instance and allocate a new one on the fly each time you need to perform an
\f1\fs24 initData
\f0\fs28 .\
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\b See also:
\b0 appkit.640 about alloc & init vs. new methods of creation and initialization\