Introduction to Cocoa Bindings Reference

Cocoa bindings is a collection of technologies that reduces the code dependencies between models, views and controllers, automatically synchronizing views when models change. You can eliminate most of your glue code by using bindings available in Interface Builder to connect controllers with models and views.

Organization of This Document

These articles cover key concepts in understanding the types of bindings and options available:

• Binding Types describes the types of bindings that are available.

• Binding Options describes the range of options for a binding.

Following the articles are descriptions of bindings for the classes that support Cocoa bindings. Each description lists the options and placeholders for the binding, as well as the expected object type and whether the binding is read-only.